Home Business 'Best times over' for Germany, government slashes growth forecast Business 'Best times over' for Germany, government slashes growth forecast By Genpie - April 17, 2019 153 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp The German government is eyeing incentives to boost corporate research and development after cutting its forecast for 2019 economic growth for the second time in three months, reflecting a worsening slowdown driven by a recession in manufacturing.