Bloomberg The German economy is all about records. Highs and lows. Never in the 27 years since the country’s reunification have more people held a job. Never have fewer people been unemployed. Companies haven’t assessed the business climate more positively and consumers have never been more optimistic about future income. That’s where the records end. Wage growth is lagging the …

Bloomberg German industrial production unexpectedly slipped in June as manufacturing and construction caused a temporary blip in the growth spurt of Europe’s largest economy. Output, adjusted for seasonal swings and inflation, fell 1.1 percent in June after rising 1.2 percent in May, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said on Monday. That’s the first drop in six months in the typically …

Bloomberg Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the French government’s $12 billion divestment program will take years to execute and he’s working on identifying which assets will be sold. “It won’t be in one go — we won’t do the whole thing over 15 days,” Le Maire said in an interview in his Paris office. “That wouldn’t reasonable.” He said …