The global economy is losing steam. After a weak start in the beginning of this year, world production accelerated again in the second quarter of 2018. However, the recent expansion probably overstates its underlying momentum. At the same time, the expansion is becoming less even as compared to...

The German economy is struggling to emerge from stagnation. GDP is likely to increase again in 2024, but the economic momentum will remain low. The strong growth in real disposable income will boost private consumption. However, the increases in interest rates continue to weigh on construction...

20 years after the start of the monetary union, this briefing takes stock of accomplishments and challenges. In response to the sovereign debt crisis and in its attempts to support fiscal and structural reforms and later to lift inflation back to target, the Eurosystem has manoeuvred itself in a...

Der Aufschwung der Weltkonjunktur hat in diesem Jahr etwas an Fahrt verloren. Nach einer schwachen Entwicklung zu Jahresbeginn folgte zwar ein recht kräftiger Anstieg der Weltproduktion im zweiten Quartal, jedoch überzeichnet dieser wohl die zugrunde liegende konjunkturelle Dynamik. Auch...

Der Aufschwung der Weltkonjunktur hat in diesem Jahr etwas an Fahrt verloren. Nach einer schwachen Entwicklung zu Jahresbeginn folgte zwar ein recht kräftiger Anstieg der Weltproduktion im zweiten Quartal, jedoch überzeichnet dieser wohl die zugrunde liegende konjunkturelle Dynamik. Auch...

The global economy is losing steam. After a weak start in the beginning of this year, world production accelerated again in the second quarter of 2018. However, the recent expansion probably overstates its underlying momentum. At the same time, the expansion is becoming less even as compared to...

The world economy contracted by close to 10 percent in the first half of 2020 as the COVID-10 pandemic unfolded. After a 3 percent drop in activity in the first quarter, global output contacted by some 7 percent as governments around the world implemented measures to contain the virus and...

In the third quarter of 2020, the global economy rebounded strongly from the steep fall in output suffered in the first half of the year amid the covid-19 pandemic. Currently, the recovery is being slowed down by another wave of infections and policy measures to contain it, but on aggregate...

Global economic activity has remained sluggish in the first half of 2019 and will gather momentum only slowly. While economic activity in industrial countries decelerated in the course of the year, growth in emerging economies picked up slightly from a low base. Global industrial production is...