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German industrial orders fall 1% in June

German industrial orders fall 1% in June

Reuters6 days ago
Aug 6 (Reuters) - German industrial orders fell in June, declining by 1% on the previous month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office said on Wednesday.
A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a rise of 1.0%.
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