The German economy is continuing on an upward trend. Due to surprisingly weak production at the start of this year, GDP is likely to increase by 1.8 percent and is therefore growing somewhat slower this year than previously predicted. Growth of 1.9 percent is still expected for the coming year....

The German economy is on track, and will likely grow by 1.8 percent this year; in the coming year, with a slight increase in dynamics, it will grow by 1.9 percent. With these figures DIW Berlin confirms its forecast from this summer. Employment growth continues; the unemployment rate will...

The construction industry has been a key pillar of the German economy in recent years. New residential construction played a major part in this with the volume of new construction growing nominally by over 60 percent between 2010 and 2014. The development of construction work on existing...

Die Bauwirtschaft war in den vergangenen Jahren eine wichtige Stütze der deutschen Wirtschaft. Dazu hat vor allem der Wohnungsneubau beigetragen: Zwischen 2010 und 2014 ist das nominale Neubauvolumen um mehr als 60 Prozent gestiegen. Weniger dynamisch entwickelten sich die Baumaßnahmen an...

The German economy is expected to grow by 1.7 percent this year, and to maintain this pace in 2016 as well. The rate of growth should slow down slightly (to 1.5 percent) in 2017, but only because the number of working days will be lower due to the timing of public holidays. The global economy is...

Die deutsche Wirtschaft dürfte in diesem Jahr um 1,7 Prozent wachsen und dieses Tempo im nächsten Jahr halten. Im Jahr 2017 wird sie zwar voraussichtlich mit einer etwas geringeren Rate zulegen (1,5 Prozent) - allerdings nur, weil die Zahl der Arbeitstage aufgrund der Lage der Feiertage...