In their spring report, the leading economic research institutes forecast an increase in gross domestic product of 3.7 percent in the...

KKB 77: The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has interrupted the recovery in Germany. GDP is set to decline in the first quarter...

KKB 75: The global economy continued to recover in the winter semester, despite the number of new infections with the coronavirus...

KKB 76: One year after the start of the pandemic, lockdown measures and behavioural changes still weigh on economic activity in the...

In the third quarter of 2020, the global economy rebounded strongly from the steep fall in output suffered in the first half of the...

The recovery of the German economy is interrupted. The main reasons are the second Covid wave and the shutdown measures that have been...

We summarise the empirical evidence on effects of asset purchases in the euro area, including the PEPP programme launched in response...

KKB 69: The world economy contracted by close to 10 percent in the first half of 2020 as the COVID-10 pandemic unfolded.  After a 3...

KKB 71: The German economy is recovering from the COVID-19 shock. With the successful containment of the coronavirus, output has...

We take stock of the current evidence on fragmentation in financial markets in the  euro area and discuss policy options to...

The mercantilist attitude of the new U.S. presidency raises the fear of the United States turning towards a protectionist stance in...

The coronavirus pandemic is triggering a severe recession in Germany. Economic output will shrink by 4.2 percent this year. ...

KKB 64: The spread of the corona virus poses major challenges for the euro area economy. Sentiment indicators for February still point...

KKB 63: In early 2020 the world economy is severely affected by the consequences of a novel coronavirus and the measures implemented...

KKB 62: The German economy is recovering only gradually. After a weak summer half-year, gross domestic product will hardly do more...

KKB 61: World output growth has slowed further in the course of 2019. However, most recently signs of stabilization appeared,...

KKB 57: In the first half of 2019, world economic activity has remained sluggish. While economic activity in the industrial countries...

KKB 58: The euro area economy is currently expanding at a moderate pace. The underlying momentum has slowed noticeably since early...

KKB 10: Economic activity in the Euro Area is gradually gaining grip in 2015. Sentiment indicators suggest that the current - rather...