Higher risk of recession in Germany - IMK institute

BERLIN (Reuters) - There is an almost 60% chance that the German economy could fall into recession, according to a monthly index gauging the health of Europe's largest economy published on Thursday by the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK).The forward-looking index by the private economic research body put the risk of recession at 59.4%, up from 43% in August. This is its highest recession risk reading since the winter months of 2012/2013.The German economy has weakened as its export-dependent..