Germany’s second lockdown stopped upswing, but did not sink economy -stats office

BERLIN, March 16 (Reuters) – Germany’s second lockdown has stopped the recovery in Europe’s largest economy, but recent data for the first quarter suggest there won’t be a “drastic plunge” in gross domestic product as seen during the first lockdown last year, the statistics office said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Michael Nienaber, editing by Kirsti Knolle)