War in Ukraine will halve German growth in 2022, says iFW

The war in Ukraine will significantly affect Germany's economic recovery and halve projected GDP growth in 2022 to 2.1%, the iFW Kiel economic institute said on Thursday.

The consequences of the conflict should reduce GDP by “some 90 billion euros [99 billion dollars] this year and next” and “delay the return to the pre-covid-19 level to the second half” of the largest European economy, economists said.

The previous forecast was for 4% growth this year.