Wie sollte der ins Stocken gekommene Konjunkturmotor wieder in Gang gebracht werden? Dr. Gustav Adolf Horn, DIW Berlin, stellt in seinem Beitrag die Empfehlung der Mehrheit der Forschungsinstitute bei der Gemeinschaftsdiagnose vor, die sich für das Vorziehen der nächsten Stufe der Steuerreform...

Economic growth in the industrial countries picked up in the first quarter of 2005 following a period of modest growth in the second half of last year. The acceleration was mainly due to a strong rebound of the Japanese economy, while the cyclical momentum in the United States and in the euro...

According to the recently released data, the German economy started forcefully into the year 2005. Real GDP increased with an annual rate of 4.2 percent on a seasonal and calendar adjusted basis. Growth of such a magnitude had last been observed at the start of 2001. The impulses came solely...

The cyclical recovery in Germany has come to a standstill. Following relatively high growth in the first half of 2004, real GDP stagnated in the second half. The main cause was the decline in foreign demand. Real exports only increased slightly, following a double-digit increase in the first...

The world economic growth rate of 5 percent in 2004 was extremely strong and exceeded even the growth rate in the boom year 2000. Output rose particularly rapidly in the emerging economies, but capacity utilization also increased markedly in the industrial countries. The high growth rate for the...

Following an upswing that lasted only one year, the German economy loses momentum. In the third quarter of 2004 real GDP increased with an annual rate of only 0.4 percent; in the first half of the year, expansion rate had still amounted to 1.7 percent. Decisive for the speed loss was the decline...

The cydlical upswing in Germany continued to gain momentum in the spring 2004. Seasonally adjusted real GDP increased at an annual rate of 1.9 percent in the second the quarter, following a 1.7 percent increase in the first quarter. Aggregate capacity utilisation increased for the first time...