Exclusive: Germany ran world's largest current account surplus in 2019 - Ifo
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's current account surplus remained the world's largest last year despite trade tensions, the Ifo economic institute will say on Monday, in an estimate likely to renew criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel's fiscal policies.The Ifo estimate, seen by Reuters ahead of publication, put Germany's current account surplus -- which measures the flow of goods, services and investments -- at some $293 billion in 2019.It is the fourth successive year that Germany's current..