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German business climate at 15-year high

By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt and Richard Milne in Berlin

Published: June 27 2006 10:18 | Last updated: June 27 2006 16:22

German business sentiment has hit a 15-year high and led a surge in confidence across the eurozone, according to surveys on Tuesday.

The unexpected rise in the Munich-based Ifo institute’s business climate index, from 105.7 in May to 106.8 in June – the highest since February 1991 – suggested that the industrial revival in Europe’s largest economy might have gathered pace.

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