The German economy enjoys a 0.3 percent increase in the 2nd quarter of 2009, German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Thursday. Destatis said increases in household and government spending, construction and net trade exerted a positive impact on the gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the previous quarter. Economists had predicted a further shrinkage of about 0.2 percent for the second quarter after the economy shrank a record 3.5 percent in the first three months of 2009, according to local media reports. The surprising GDP increase in the second quarter gave rise to a sense of optimism among some analysts that it was an indication that the worst economic recession that Germany has ever suffered may come to an end. 'The recession is over,' Ralph Solveen, an economist at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt, was quoted by Bloomberg as saying. However, some analysts warned of too much optimism, saying 'the worst should be still behind us' as rising unemployment may turn down the direction of the German economic growth. 'The economic performance in the second quarter of 2009 was achieved by 40.2 million persons in employment, which was a decrease of 25,000 persons or 0.1 percent from a year earlier,' said Destatis, adding that on a year level, the economy shrank 5.9 percent when adjusted for the number of working days. 