The war in Ukraine is putting a noticeable strain on the German economy and increases the already strong inflationary pressure. However, the recovery is not breaking off. In its latest spring forecast, the Kiel Institute almost halves its forecast...

KKB 87: The war in Ukraine is weighing on the global economy at a time when inflation has already risen sharply and the US Federal Reserve has embarked on a tightening cycle

Supply bottlenecks and the fourth Covid-19 wave are weighing on Germany's recovery, delaying the catching-up process by several months. The Kiel Institute for the World Economy now expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 2.6 percent this...

The Corona pandemic still shapes the economic situation in Germany. A complete normalisation of contact-intensive activities is not to be ex¬pected in the short term. In addition, supply bottlenecks are ham-pering manufacturing for the time being....

The German economy continues to recover from the Covid-19 crisis, but loses momentum during the winter term. Ongoing precautionary anti-infection measures and supply bottlenecks for inter-mediate products postpone the final spurt in the catch-up...

The German economy is recovering strongly and is expected to return to its pre-crisis level in the third quarter. In its latest economic forecast, Kiel Institute expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 3.9 percent in 2021 (previously 3.7) and...

In their spring report, the leading economic research institutes forecast an increase in gross domestic product of 3.7 percent in the current year and 3.9 percent in 2022. The renewed shutdown is delaying the economic recovery, but as soon as the...

KKB 75: The global economy continued to recover in the winter semester, despite the number of new infections with the coronavirus rising sharply and containment measures tightened again in many countries.

Despite the ongoing lockdown and rising infection figures, the Kiel Institute is more optimistic about economic performance in Germany than it was in its previous forecast in winter. The reason is the upward trend in industrial activity due to...

In the third quarter of 2020, the global economy rebounded strongly from the steep fall in output suffered in the first half of the year amid the covid-19 pandemic.