Thursday, April 29, 2021

Germany's Small Business Owners Fight To Survive Amid Fears Of A Wave Of Insolvency

Sylvia Falkner stands in front of her Berlin pub, Metzer Eck, which has been owned by four generations of the same family since 1913. She is one of thousands of small German business owners struggling to keep their businesses open in an extended pandemic lockdown.

Germany's pandemic lockdowns have pushed thousands of small businesses toward insolvency. With a government freeze on insolvency rules soon expiring, some economists worry about what may happen next.

(Image credit: Rob Schmitz/NPR)

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