Tag: economic analysis
ECB announces rate hike: is the next euro crisis imminent?
Flocks of birds over Rome Italy will elect a new parliament early next year. (Photo: imago/Italy Photo Press) Rome, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Athens After its council meeting on Thursday, the…
German industry surprising with the third drop in orders in a row
Volkswagen factory in Emden German industrial companies have also recently received fewer domestic orders. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In April, German industry surprisingly landed fewer orders for the third month in…
No signs of a wage-price spiral
gas prices In the course of the Ukraine war, prices rose significantly. (Photo: dpa) The German Finance Minister recently warned of a wage-price spiral that could lead to permanent inflation.…
Container ships back up in the North Sea
Port of Hamburg A number of freighters are waiting to unload their containers. (Photo: IMAGO/Markus Tischler) Berlin According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), traffic jams and…
China’s service providers are suffering from strict corona measures
Corona measures in China The strict lockdown in Shanghai has been lifted. In May it still weighed heavily on the Chinese economy. (Photo: Reuters) Beijing The Chinese economy did not…
The US economy is creating a surprising number of jobs
US job market A recruitment sign is posted in Wheeling. The US job market has continued to recover from its pandemic-related slump. (Photo: dpa) Washington A surprising number of jobs…
Inflation rate rises to 73.5 percent
Wool shop in Eskisehir Experts blame the weakening national currency, the lira, for the sharp rise in prices. (Photo: Bloomberg) Istanbul Consumer prices in Turkey rose in May at their…
German exports increased three times as much as expected in April
Container terminal in the port of Hamburg German exports developed surprisingly positively in April. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In April, German exports recovered surprisingly strongly from the shock after the outbreak…
Fed: US economy grew moderately
Washington According to the Federal Reserve (Fed), the US economy continued to grow at a moderate to moderate pace. However, rising prices and higher interest rates are already making themselves…
Retail earns less – slump in grocery sales
Organic vegetables on the supermarket shelf Sales of groceries in May fell by 7.7 percent in real terms compared to the previous month. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Because of high inflation,…
Unemployment falls to 2.260 million in May
Employment Agency Around 45.3 million people with a place of work in Germany were employed – that is a seasonally adjusted 53,000 or 0.1 percent more than in the previous…
Lockdowns also weighed on China’s economy in May – but the mood in companies is brightening
This is shown by the Purchasing Managers’ Indices (PMI) for the manufacturing and services sectors, which were released on Tuesday. These are the first economic indicators for the month of…
Import prices are rising as strongly as they were last in 1974 – plus 31.7 percent
container port The increased costs of imports are likely to cause consumer prices to continue to rise sharply. (Photo: IMAGO/Laci Perenyi) Berlin Expensive energy as a result of the Russian…
Real wages in Germany fell by 1.8 percent in the first quarter
prices in a supermarket As inflation pushes up prices, wages are lagging behind. (Photo: dpa) The high inflation leads to a significant decline in real wages in Germany. Nominal wages…
Why the job boom in Spain and Italy poses risks
Madrid, Rome The latest labor market data from southern Europe seems impressive: Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in March. This is the lowest level since 2010. At the…
Why the job boom in Spain and Italy poses risks
Madrid, Rome The latest labor market data from southern Europe seems impressive: Italy’s unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent in March. This is the lowest level since 2010. At the…
Bundesbank President Nagel expects several rate hikes in 2022
Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel “Inflation will not fall overnight, it may take some time.” (Photo: IMAGO/sepp spiegl) Frankfurt In view of the high level of inflation, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel…
Ifo expects falling inflation – Fewer companies want to raise prices
Downtown The price expectation index had risen almost continuously since a corona hole in 2020, when it briefly became slightly negative. (Photo: dpa) Munich The Ifo Institute sees the first…
US economy shrank by 1.5 percent in the first quarter
Port in California The US Federal Reserve is facing an inflation rate of 8.3 percent. (Photo: dpa) Washington At the beginning of the year, the US economy contracted somewhat more…
Germany is becoming the EU’s problem child
Europe column Every week, Moritz Koch, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because…