Based on Eurostat data the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) regularly analyses the development of labour costs and unit labour costs in Europe. This report presents labour cost trends in the private sector, disaggregated for private as well as public services, and in manufacturing industry,...

Public investment has been badly neglected in Germany over the past two decades, with the result that the public capital stock no longer meets the standards of a modern economy and is inadequate for the challenges that will be posed by demographic change and Germany's international...

- Public investment has been badly neglected in Germany over the past two decades, with the result that the public capital stock no longer meets the standards of a modern economy and is inadequate for the challenges that will be posed by demographic change and Germany's international...

Die wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Corona-Krise werden sich länger hinziehen. Ohne weitere staatliche Stützungsmaßnahmen besteht die Gefahr, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft dauerhaft Schaden nimmt und insbesondere am Arbeitsmarkt Hysterese-Effekte auftauchen und sich Arbeitslosigkeit verfestigt....