Thu, 09 Jul 2015 08:37:04 GMT
Germany's trade balance rises
Germany's trade surplus swelled to a record-high in May on increasing foreign demand for German goods. Europe's largest economy's trade surplus rose to 22.8 billion euros from 21.5 billion euros in April, however, economists had forecasted only a surplus of 20.3 billion euros. Moreover, exports increased by 1.7% from previous month to 102.1 billion euros, while inbound shipments rose 0.4%