German GDP expected to increase by 1.8 percent (2015), 2.1 percent (2016), and 2.3 percent (2017) – Strong consumption growth is...

Despite to economic headwinds, researchers at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) have revised their forecasts only...

KKB 16: Economic Recovery in the Euro Area has lost momentum in the second half of 2015. Due to dampening effects from the world...

This article describes a simulated monetary macro model with different types of interacting agents. As such, it is assigned to the...

KKB 28: The economic recovery in the euro area remains moderate. While several sentiment indicators have improved considerably over...

A panel data set covering 145 countries between 1960 and 2010 has been investigated closely by using models of parameter...

Processes of social opinion formation might be dominated by a set of highly influential agents acting as 'opinion leaders'. Here we...

KKB 39: At the start of 2018 the global economy is in full swing. On a PPP-basis growth in 2017 was 3.9 percent, the highest rate...

To determine the possible welfare gains from macroeconomic stabilization policy, we adapt the ap- proach of Lucas (2003) with a...

KKB 21: During the first half of the year global growth remained sluggish. While activity in emerging economies stabilized, growth in...

KKB 52: The euro area economy has once again switched back a gear. The slowdown over the course of 2018 is mainly due to weaker...

Processes of social opinion formation might be dominated by a set of highly influential agents acting as ‘opinion leaders’. Here we...

KKB 51: The world economy has lost steam in the second half of the previous year and is likely to continue to expand at a subdued pace...

KKB 46: The Euro area economy has lost momentum in the first half of 2018. The slowdown was due to country-specific temporary factors...

KKB 45: The global economy is losing steam. After a weak start in the beginning of this year, world production accelerated again in...

KKB 27: The world economy has gained traction in the course of 2016 despite elevated policy uncertainty and seems to have picked up...

KKB 31: In the middle of 2017, the world economy is experiencing robust growth. Especially in the advanced economies economic...

KKB 25: World economic growth has picked up from the sluggish pace registered at the start of the year. We expect global growth at...

KKB 19: The world economy seems to have stabilized in the first months of the year. The underlying growth dynamics, however, remain...

KKB 37: The world economy is currently expanding strongly with upward momentum in almost every major economy. Global activity is set...