BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government said on Wednesday that it expected Europe's largest economy to grow by 1.5 percent in 2015, on a par with its performance in 2014, confirming what sources had already told Reuters.
In October the government had predicted the German economy would grow by 1.3 percent this year.
The government said the number of people in work would rise to a new record high of 42.8 million in 2015, adding that higher employment and bigger paychecks would help boost the domestic economy this year.