Economic activity in the Euro Area is gradually gaining grip in 2015. Sentiment indicators suggest that the current - rather moderate - recovery will prevail over the second half of the year. The upswing is expected to broaden and to be increasingly driven by domestic forces. It is supported by...

[Erholung der Weltwirtschaft verliert an Schwung] Die kräftige Expansion der Weltwirtschaft setzte sich nach der Jahreswende fort und hielt auch im zweiten Quartal 2010 an. Die Aussichten für die Weltkonjunktur haben sich zuletzt zwar eingetrübt. In den Schwellenländern dürfte die...

The economic recovery in the euro area remains moderate. While several sentiment indicators have improved considerably over the past few months, and therefore suggest that the recovery might gain some momentum, this has not yet been reflected in hard data, in particular not in the quarterly GDP...

Economic Recovery in the Euro Area has lost momentum in the second half of 2015. Due to dampening effects from the world economy and a marked increase in political uncertainty, a number of sentiment indicators also point downwards. Nevertheless, domestic demand increased rather strongly, while...

Following a weak start into 2015, the global economy is expected to pick up again in the course of this year. Average annual world output growth will nevertheless remain sluggish at 3.4 percent on a purchasing power parity weighted basis, before accelerating modestly to 3.8 percent next year....

[Dynamik der Weltwirtschaft bleibt gering] Die weltwirtschaftliche Expansion hat sich im Frühjahr 2012 deutlich verlangsamt. Das globale Bruttoinlandsprodukt verzeichnete im zweiten Quartal den geringsten Zuwachs seit Überwindung der weltweiten Rezession im Jahr 2009, und die...

Business investment in the euro area strongly declined during the Global Financial Crisis and the Sovereign Debt Crisis. It has not yet rebounded to its pre-crisis trend despite the very expansionary monetary policy measures of the ECB. We analyse the sluggish recovery in business investment in...