The second wave of the Corona pandemic deals a noticeable blow at Germany’s economy, but does not overturn it. The recovery is interrupted for six months, but then comes back strongly. The Kiel Institute lowers its forecast for gross domestic...

The corona pandemic leaves substantial marks in the German economy and its impact is more persistent than assumed in spring.

The corona pandemic leaves substantial marks in the German economy and its impact is more persistent than assumed in spring. In their autumn report, the leading German economic research institutes have revised their economic outlook downwards by...

The economic upturn in Germany is losing momentum, after a rapid recovery following the end of the Corona lockdown. Researchers at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy expect gross domestic product to fall by 5.5 percent in 2020. This means that...

Germany’s leading economics research institutes have revised their forecasts for economic growth in 2019 significantly downward. They expect Germany’s gross domestic product to increase by 0.8 percent. This is more than one percentage point less than...

The economic researchers at the Kiel Institute have revised their forecast for the GDP growth rate for the current and coming year slightly downwards. They now expect growth of 1.9 percent for 2018 and 2.0 percent for 2019. This means that the boom...

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

Germany will reintroduce parity funding of the statutory health insurance scheme in 2019 by lowering the contribution rates for employees and raising th

Embedded in a comprehensive outlook for the world economy, the Joint Economic Forecast („Gemeinschaftsdiagnose“, GD) prepares in-debth analyses and forecasts for the German economy (detailed 2-year horizon and 5-year medium term projections including...

Germany’s leading economics research institutes have revised their economic forecast for Germany significantly downward. Whereas in the spring they still expected gross domestic product to grow by 0.8 percent in 2019, they now expect GDP growth to be...