Germany to end 2019 with big budget surplus that then shrinks - paper

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is on track to end 2019 with a big budget surplus, which will shrink sharply next year due to government plans to help families, Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing a government document.This year's public sector surplus from federal, state and local authority funds will dip to 39.5 billion euros from 45.3 billion in 2018, according to the document to be presented to a federal and state government budget meeting on Dec. 13.The surplus will shrink to..