Germany sees 1.9 pct growth in 2017, 2 pct in 2018 -newspaper
BERLIN, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The German government has increased its forecast for economic growth in 2017 to 1.9 percent from an earlier forecast of 1.5 percent, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Friday, citing unnamed government sources.
It said the government had raised its forecast for 2018 growth in gross domestic product to 2 percent from an earlier forecast of 1.6 percent.
The changes mirrored revised forecasts released by leading German institutes last week. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Catherine Evans)