Tag: GDP
German economy not growing in spring
Berlin The German economy stagnated in the spring. The gross domestic product was unchanged between April and June compared to the previous quarter, as the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced…
“The US economy is weakening very quickly”
Wall Street A recession is officially declared by the National Bureau of Economic Research. (Photo: dpa) Washington The American economy continues to weaken. Economic growth for the second quarter fell…
Danger for the euro zone: is Italy’s debt burden sustainable?
But the fact that events were happening at the same time has also unsettled the financial markets: the interest rate differential between German and Italian government bonds, which had leveled…
Great Britain’s economy surprisingly grows in May
Tilbury Harbour The latest economic data could bolster the central bank’s plans to raise interest rates further. (Photo: imago/Loop Images) London The British economy surprisingly grew in May. The gross…
Handelsblatt Innovation Week: The editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, we have difficult months ahead. The turnaround in interest rates is causing turbulence on the financial markets. With rising bond yields in southern Europe, fears of…
Five weaknesses of the Greek economy
Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, meets the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis Athens can leave the so-called “enhanced surveillance” behind on August 21st. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Athens EU…
Inflation: Price pressure weighs on growth prospects
Container handling in the port of Hamburg The port on the Elbe is threatened with a loss of handling due to the war in Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The economic…
Germany in an innovation emergency: The editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers, As a subscriber to the Handelsblatt, you know it anyway: Hardly any other topic is as important to our editorial staff as innovations and the question…
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…
Surprisingly, the US economy contracted by 1.4 percent in the first quarter
German container ship in the USA Analysts had actually expected growth. (Photo: dpa) Washington The US economy surprisingly took a downturn at the beginning of the year. Gross domestic product…
New debt crisis? Pandemic and energy crisis burden Greece
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras The former crisis country is struggling again with rising deficits. (Photo: Reuters) Athens First the Corona recession in 2020, then the billions in aid for the…
Bombed factories, shops & ports: Ukraine’s economy falters
Destroyed shop in Bucha The city was under Russian occupation for a month. Now the residents receive food rations in cardboard boxes because the shops no longer exist. (Photo: dpa)…
Bombed factories, shops & ports: Ukraine’s economy falters
Destroyed shop in Bucha The city was under Russian occupation for a month. Now the residents receive food rations in cardboard boxes because the shops no longer exist. (Photo: dpa)…
Bombed factories, shops & ports: Ukraine’s economy falters
Destroyed shop in Bucha The city was under Russian occupation for a month. Now the residents receive food rations in cardboard boxes because the shops no longer exist. (Photo: dpa)…
These emerging Asian countries are growing faster than China
Bangkok China’s growth in Asia is only mediocre: According to forecasts by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asia’s largest economy is losing its status as the continent’s economic engine. Instead,…
Advisory Council lowers growth forecast significantly to 1.8 percent
Berlin The German Council of Economic Experts has revised its economic forecast significantly downwards. In their current forecast, the “economic experts” are only assuming growth in German gross domestic product…
Embargo on Russian gas and oil manageable
Gazprom plant The demands that Germany should make itself less dependent on Russian energy are increasing. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin There is good news: German industrial production rose by 2.7 percent…
Robert Habeck’s new measurement of wealth conceals conflicting goals
Robert Habeck Under the current leadership of Robert Habeck (Greens), the Federal Ministry of Economics relies on a hodgepodge of prosperity indicators. (Photo: dpa) Managers know the problem: If too…
Omikron slows down growth in the euro zone
Restaurant in Majorca Spain’s economy grew the strongest in the final quarter. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels Amid the omicron wave, economic growth in the euro zone slowed at the end…
Gross domestic product: German economy is shrinking
Berlin The German economy is weakening again: economic output fell in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to figures published by the Federal Statistical Office this Friday. Gross domestic product…