Germany slipped into recession last year, and the reason was record sick time. "The large scale of sick leave last year led to a huge shortfall in production. Without sick leave, the German economy would have grown by 0.5 percent last year." Due to the large number of workers who were on sick leave, the German economy shrank by 0.3 percent.
I wonder why so many people are getting sick. Its a mystery! (Can't be #COVID19, can it?I thought the pandemic was over!) /sarcasm
I am german, wear masks etc and I have not been sick for .. 4 years.
But I know of many colleagues, friends, neighbors etc who got Covid >= 2 times
and other illnesses too. The 2023 Oktoberfest Covid peak (sewage level)
even surpassed the one from 2022 and we already had a second 2023 winter wave.
Unfortunately I personally know some long covid cases.
One of those: 1 year off (sick time too) and now only capable of part time work (not sick time ..).
Stats are peak of iceberg?
@augieray why aren’t other countries going into recession?
https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp-annual-growth-rate?continent=europe
This page displays a table with actual values, consensus figures, forecasts, statistics and historical data charts for - GDP Annual Growth Rate. This page provides values for GDP Annual Growth Rate reported in several countries part of Europe. The table has current values for GDP Annual Growth Rate, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency plus links to historical data charts.
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