The Omicron wave of the coronavirus has impacted economies worldwide, resulting in a bleak winter. Although restrictions on economic and public life have been less severe than at the beginning of 2021 in many places-mainly due to the progress of vaccination campaigns-and there are prospects of...

The upswing of the German economy continues and since the beginning of 2017, even at a somewhat faster pace. Sharp gains in employment are still driving consumption. And companies are investing significantly more in machines and facilities. Many global risks that previously limited the...

By lifting lockdown measures as coronavirus case numbers are rising and the vaccine rollout is proceeding slowly, the German economy is being sent on a stop-go course. Re-opening measures will probably be followed by renewed closures, at least regionally, in order to keep the spread of COVID-19...

Economic growth in the industrial countries picked up in the first quarter of 2005 following a period of modest growth in the second half of last year. The acceleration was mainly due to a strong rebound of the Japanese economy, while the cyclical momentum in the United States and in the euro...

The cyclical recovery in Germany has come to a standstill. Following relatively high growth in the first half of 2004, real GDP stagnated in the second half. The main cause was the decline in foreign demand. Real exports only increased slightly, following a double-digit increase in the first...

The world economic growth rate of 5 percent in 2004 was extremely strong and exceeded even the growth rate in the boom year 2000. Output rose particularly rapidly in the emerging economies, but capacity utilization also increased markedly in the industrial countries. The high growth rate for the...