Tag: Wage-price spiral
Companies increase profits and drive inflation – where are the central banks?
Global trends Handelsblatt International correspondent Torsten Riecke analyzes interesting data and trends from all over the world in his weekly column. You can reach him at [email protected] (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy)…
Trade union confederation warns ECB against further interest rate hikes – “Collateral damage would be enormous”
ECB headquarters in Frankfurt The central bank will discuss a further interest rate hike on Thursday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Before the Council meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) on…
The golden bridge of politics prevents wage-price spiral – for now
Striking tariff demand IG Metall was not able to push through its demand for eight percent more money for twelve months, and yet there is a strong increase in wages.…
Personnel costs are becoming a risk factor for companies
building cleaner The wage curve has been going up for months. (Photo: imago/Manngold) Dusseldorf, Berlin Wages and salaries in Germany in October were 7.1 percent higher than in the same…
Partly double-digit collective bargaining demands – is there a threat of a wage-price spiral?
Berlin IG Metall is demanding eight percent more money in the metal and electrical industry, 10.5 percent are demanded by Verdi and the civil service association for the public sector.…
Is a wage-price spiral imminent? There are warning signs
Dusseldorf With the record inflation, the fear of a so-called wage-price spiral has returned. The term describes a mutual build-up of wage increases and price increases. The term is controversial…
Inflation fuels wages – and that’s just the beginning
Warning strike in Ilsenburg, Saxony-Anhalt Collective bargaining demands as high as they have not been in decades. (Photo: dpa) How long has it been since your last salary increase? There…
Record inflation: Dax companies increase unscheduled salaries
Infineon, Brenntag, Telekom In many Dax companies, employees are likely to receive salary increases in times of high inflation. (Photo: Bloomberg, Brenntag, Telekom [M]) Dusseldorf The first Dax companies are…
German labor costs are rising more slowly than the EU average
Production of wind turbines In the manufacturing sector, Germany has the fourth highest labor costs in an EU comparison, behind Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a…
Record inflation: Dax companies increase unscheduled salaries
Infineon, Brenntag, Telekom In many Dax companies, employees are likely to receive salary increases in times of high inflation. (Photo: Bloomberg, Brenntag, Telekom [M]) Dusseldorf The first Dax companies are…
German labor costs are rising more slowly than the EU average
Production of wind turbines In the manufacturing sector, Germany has the fourth highest labor costs in an EU comparison, behind Denmark, Belgium and Sweden. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a…
IG Metall wants to demand seven to eight percent higher wages
Berlin The IG Metall is expected to with the demand for seven to eight percent more money will go into the forthcoming collective bargaining round for the almost 3.9 million…
IG Metall wants to demand between seven and eight percent higher wages
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann The trade unionist is demanding a new relief package from politicians to compensate for the high inflation rates. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The IG Metall is…
Inflation: early warning system I index at record high
Berlin The record inflation rates may not be over yet. The I-Index, an early warning system for consumer price developments based on media articles, has reached an all-time high. In…
Inflation: Economists want to prevent the wage-price spiral
Frankfurt Central bankers are currently primarily concerned with one thing: the risk of a wage-price spiral. What is meant is a cycle in which prices and wages drive each other…
89 percent of companies fear a wage-price spiral
steel production After a small setback at the turn of the year, prices climbed to a new record high. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Problems in the supply chains and increased demand…
Inflation: Open heart surgery
European Central Bank The inflation rate in the euro area rose by 7.5 percent in March. (Photo: dpa) Someone always pays. It would be an illusion to think that the…
How economists assess risk
Volkswagen commercial vehicles in production The industry is particularly suffering from production bottlenecks. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt If inflation is a word that scares consumers and investors, then that applies all…