Tag: IfW
Retailers expect delivery issues by mid-2023
Shopping street in Stuttgart The fashion retailers expect delivery problems for more than a year. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin German retailers fear delivery problems for a whole year. These could…
Unusually long ship ropes in the North Sea
Waiting container ships in the German Bight More than two percent of global freight capacity is idle in the North Sea. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to the Kiel Institute for…
German exports surprisingly fall in May – weak demand from the EU
Port of Hamburg German exporters expect relatively little upswing in the second half of the year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Germany’s foreign trade has undergone a historic reversal. In May, imports…
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…
Economy and economists criticize the interest plans of the ECB
ECB headquarters in Frankfurt The ECB’s decision to turn around interest rates has met with a great deal of criticism. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf, Berlin Criticism of the European Central Bank’s…
Hundreds of container ships are dammed up in the North Sea
Dusseldorf The traffic jams in container shipping, which have been causing massive delivery bottlenecks in world trade since autumn 2021, are increasingly shifting from the port cities of the USA…
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…
How bad will the crisis be for the global economy?
A storm through the world economy There is talk of a “perfect storm”. This is how the US economist Kenneth Rogoff describes the danger of a simultaneous recession in Europe,…
How bad will the crisis be for the global economy?
A storm through the world economy There is talk of a “perfect storm”. This is how the US economist Kenneth Rogoff describes the danger of a simultaneous recession in Europe,…
Lockdown, inflation and downturn: global economy is at risk
Container ship reaches Bremerhaven Goods are shipped worldwide. But supply chain problems, lockdowns and inflation are shaking the global economy. (Photo: dpa) Beijing, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Brussels The bad news for…
Institutes are looking for a new president: Germany’s most sought-after economist
Institute for World Economy Berlin It rarely happens that Moritz Schularick is at a loss for words. Last Thursday was such a day: The economist is sitting on a stool…
The world economy is in danger
Container ship reaches Bremerhaven Goods are shipped worldwide. But supply chain problems, lockdowns and inflation are shaking the global economy. (Photo: dpa) Beijing, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Brussels The bad news for…
Federal government rejects proposal for new euro rescue fund
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner The parliamentary state secretary to the finance minister rejects the new protective shield. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The federal government rejects the proposal by the European…
EU Commission proposes new sanctions
Brussels That’s it, it’s over: According to plans by the EU Commission, Russian oil supplies to the European Union are to be largely stopped by the beginning of next year.…
EU Commission proposes new sanctions
Brussels That’s it, it’s over: According to plans by the EU Commission, Russian oil supplies to the European Union are to be largely stopped by the beginning of next year.…
The most important questions and answers
Greenpeace action on the Baltic Sea in Schleswig-Holstein Activists paint the words “Oil fuels war” on the hull of a ship transporting Russian oil in the Baltic Sea. (Photo: dpa)…
German economy grows slightly at the beginning of 2022
Berlin The Ukraine war almost drove Germany into a technical recession. Economic output in the first quarter grew by 0.2 percent, as the Federal Statistical Office announced on Friday. The…
Government relief packages: the wrong people are benefiting
Berlin The target group is broad. When it comes to relieving citizens of the high energy prices, the government has “the broad spectrum of society in mind,” explained Green co-leader…
Ships are backing up again in front of Shanghai
shanghai Cargo ships are backing up again in front of the port, and containers are gathering on the site. (Photo: Imago Images) Berlin The economic slump caused by the Ukraine…
These graphics show which countries support what
Berlin Nation states around the world are currently sending financial, humanitarian or military aid to Ukraine to help the country defend itself from the Russian war of aggression. The Kiel…