increasing at a rate of only 0.3%. The unemployment rate is expected to still decline in 2012 to 6.8% on average and to increase …. The costs of this crisis in terms of unemployment, capital loss and forgone investment are already tremendous and the …

-crisis level. The outlook for 2012, however, is not favourable. Although the German economy will not slide into recession - unlike … investment activity in Germany. The institutes expect Germany's GDP to increase by 0.3 % in 2012 on average. Unemployment will …, investment. In 2013, the institutes expect GDP growth of 0.7 %. Unemployment will, on average, remain constant at 6.8 %. Consumer …