Tag: IfW
Leading institutes no longer expect a recession in 2023
Freight train with new cars The leading economic researchers no longer expect the German economy to shrink in 2023. (Photo: IMAGO/imagebroker) Berlin The leading economic research institutes are no longer…
How big can the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Agreement get?
Dusseldorf, Tokyo, Bangkok More than half a billion people and almost a sixth of global economic output: This is how large the free trade alliance CPTPP will be when Great…
Where the greatest dependencies on China are
Volkswagen in China Vehicle builders work in a workshop on a production line from SAIC Volkswagen in Shanghai. (Photo: dpa) Berlin For months now, the federal government has been warning…
How Beijing is changing the international financial architecture with bailout loans
Chinese Central Bank (PBOC) in Beijing 60 percent of all Chinese foreign loans are now at risk of default. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The numbers are huge: since 2010, China has…
Economic experts expect 0.2 percent growth in 2023
Economy in the federal press conference Economists expect inflation to remain high in 2023. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The economists expect economic growth of 0.2 percent for 2023. This was announced…
Economic experts expect 0.2 percent growth in 2023
Duisburg container port For 2023, economists expect at most a low GDP growth for Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The economists expect economic growth of 0.2 percent for 2023. This was…
recession or growth? Five factors will decide about 2023
Manufacture of wind turbines The fact that delivery bottlenecks are history for many companies speaks for positive economic prospects. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Two of the leading German economic research institutes…
recession or growth? Five factors will decide about 2023
Other experts are far more pessimistic. The Ifo Institute is still anticipating a recession and expects German economic output to fall by 0.1 percent this year. The forecasts show that…
Record sick leave costs the economy up to 42 billion euros
Sick at work Sick leave jumped from a good 68 hours per employee in 2021 to a good 91 hours. (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin Flu, corona, bronchitis: According to a…
Chancellor Scholz sees Germany facing a new economic miracle
Chancellor Olaf Scholz “Because of the high investments in climate protection, Germany will be able to achieve growth rates for some time, as last happened in the 1950s and 1960s.”…
Moritz Schularick becomes President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
>>iOS The IfW is one of the six largest economic institutes in Germany. In addition to the people from Kiel, the Leibniz Institute for Financial Market Research (SAFE) was also…
Cooperation instead of development aid – How Europe and Africa could benefit from the energy transition
Berlin They are the ingredients of the energy transition: lithium, cobalt, manganese. Cell phones won’t work and electric cars won’t drive without these minerals. A large part of these mineral…
Cooperation instead of development aid – How Europe and Africa could benefit from the energy transition
Berlin They are the ingredients of the energy transition: lithium, cobalt, manganese. Cell phones won’t work and electric cars won’t drive without these minerals. A large part of these mineral…
The reconstruction of Ukraine – a task of the century
Workers rebuild a destroyed house in Bucha On a small scale, the Ukrainians have already taken the reconstruction into their own hands. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf, Riga Shortly before it was…
Germany shows a new self-confidence in arms deliveries to Kiev
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius “In the European Union, Germany is at the top of the list of supporters, and by a clear margin” (Photo: dpa) Brussels, London, Berlin, Paris Boris…
Where Germany is dependent on Chinese imports
Berlin How dependent is Germany on China? For months, a lot has revolved around this question in Berlin. A new analysis by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)…
Where Germany is dependent on Chinese imports
Berlin How dependent is Germany on China? For months, a lot has revolved around this question in Berlin. A new analysis by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)…
Dax companies: is the downturn failing?
Port of Qingdao Some German companies are particularly dependent on the Chinese market. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The year 2023 is likely to be much better for the German economy than…
Dax companies: is the downturn failing?
Dax curve The largest stock exchange companies in Germany set the direction in the economy – upwards. The middle class can follow suit. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The year 2023 is…
Dax companies: The downturn is canceled
Dax curve The largest stock exchange companies in Germany set the direction in the economy – upwards. The middle class can follow suit. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The year 2023 is…