The German economy is stuck in a difficult position as it faces both slow growth as well as structural change. The continuing lack of orders in manufacturing, increasing international competition, and sluggish development in industry-related services are now affecting the labor market and...

Nach der leichten Rezession im Winter ist die deutsche Wirtschaft mittlerweile auf Erholungskurs. Zwar haben der Krieg in der Ukraine, die Rekordinflation und die befürchtete Gasmangellage ihre Spuren hinterlassen und die deutsche Wirtschaft in Mitleidenschaft gezogen. Ein drastischer...

The German economy will likely contract in the first quarter of 2024 due to still heightened inflation and weak demand, which was already weighing on German economic output in 2023. Inflation, which is falling in both Germany and the euro area overall, is expected to return close to the European...

Die deutsche Wirtschaft hat sich zu Jahresbeginn berappelt und besser entwickelt als zunächst erwartet. Kräftig gestiegene Bauinvestitionen - wenngleich aufgrund des milden Winterwetters eher ein Strohfeuer - und starke Warenexporte halfen ihr auf die Beine und konnten die enttäuschende...

The German economy began recovering at the beginning of 2024 and has developed better than initially expected. A sharp rise in construction investment, albeit more of a flash in the pan as a result of mild winter weather, along with strong goods exports helped the economy onto its recovery path...

The Omicron wave of the coronavirus has impacted economies worldwide, resulting in a bleak winter. Although restrictions on economic and public life have been less severe than at the beginning of 2021 in many places-mainly due to the progress of vaccination campaigns-and there are prospects of...

Recently, the coronavirus pandemic has caused economic developments in major economies to drift apart: While infection rates were declining and production was experiencing strong growth in places such as Europe and the United States in the second quarter of 2021, emerging economies were...

Die Pandemie ließ die konjunturellen Entwicklungen großer Ökonomien zuletzt auseinanderdriften. Einem im zweiten Quartal abklingenden Infektionsgeschehen etwa in Europa oder den USA verbunden mit kräftigen Produktionszuwächsen standen in Schwellenländern harte wirtschaftliche...