A deficit of the German federal government, state and local authorities for 2020 is estimated at around €100 billion, APA reports citing Bild.
Furthermore, projections are the deficit will reach more than €300 billion in the next four years.
That the country is facing an economic crisis, the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) confirmed earlier today by sharing the information that 90% of domestic companies are seeing themselves as affected by the pandemic.
Meanwhile, the coronavirus infection rate started going up again as the country slowly started reopening.