(FILES) A woman picks items from a shelf of the refrigerated section at a store of the Penny supermarket chain in Berlin, Germany, on August 1, 2023. German economic growth slowed in the second quarter but less than expected given the impact of the Middle East war, according to provisional figures released on July 30, 2026. Output in the EU's top economy rose 0.2 percent compared with the first three months of the year, statistics office Destatis said, 0.1 percentage point higher than predicted by analysts polled by financial platform FactSet. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images)