Euro crisis its German economy in Q4 official

Germany's economy was hit hard by the eurozone crisis in the final quarter of last year.

As traditionally strong exports and investment slowed, GDP shrank by 0.5 percent - more than at any point in nearly three years.

That pushed overall growth for the year down to 0.7 percent, a sharp slowdown from 3.0 percent in 2011.

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