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

KKB 71: The German economy is recovering from the COVID-19 shock. With the successful containment of the coronavirus, output has quickly rebounded from its trough in April and has made up a good part of the losses within a few months.

KKB 68: The German economy is only gradually regaining momentum after the Covid-19-related slump.

Kiel Policy Brief Special Corona-Update 3: Over the past months, the Covid-19 pandemic has progressively affected economic activity globally, including in Germany.

KKB 65: The spread of the coronavirus will have a considerable impact on the German economy. The economy will be hit in a situation in which it was just about to regain footing after the downturn of the past year.

KKB 62: The German economy is recovering only gradually. After a weak summer half-year, gross domestic product will hardly do more than stagnate in the final quarter of the current year.

KKB 59: The German economy is at the brink of a recession. Gross domestic product is likely to decline again in the third quarter.

KKB 56: The German economy is facing strong headwinds. In recent months, economic momentum has continued to slow down and companies are much more pessimistic about the future.

KKB 53: The German economy has shifted down a gear. After still very high economic momentum in Germany until the middle of last year, production stalled noticeably.

KKB 50: The upswing in Germany is starting to falter. In the third quarter, the economy shrank for the first time in three years. This decline was primarily due to special factors.