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The cyclical situation at the beginning of the European Monetary Union (EMU) is favorable: The upswing in Euroland has firmed, unemployment is going down, and inflation is low. However, economic growth outside the new currency area has weakened significantly during 1998, and fears are mounting...
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Table of Contents: I. External Challenges 12 1. The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe 12 a. Trends in Central and Eastern Europe's Emerging Market Economies (EMEs) 12 b. The Impact on Germany 14 c. Political Consequences 14 2. Migration Pressures 16 a. The European Perspective 16 b....
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Obwohl der konjunkturelle Aufschwung nun schon sechs Jahre anhält, ist das Defizit im amerikanischen Bundeshaushalt nur wenig zurückgegangen. In der amerikanischen Geschichte hat es kaum eine vergleichbare Phase gegeben, in der die Verschuldung so nachhaltig gestiegen ist. Im internationalen...
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Das Wachstum des Produktionspotentials in Deutschland dürfte sich seit dem Jahr 2004 um rund einen halben Prozentpunkt beschleunigt haben. Maßgeblich hierfür ist ein Anstieg des Arbeitsvolumens infolge von Arbeitsmarktreformen, geringerer Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung sowie höherem...
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The stock market crash of October 1987 was not followed by the widely-feared recession in the world economy. Most forecasts have been revised upward again, and many are even more favorable than before the crash. This is also the case for Western European countries. However, beyond the very short...
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Two datasets are combined to analyze a few standard implications of the theory of economic growth. Real GDP per capita (RGDP) and the investment share (IS) are taken from Summers, Heston (1988), the ratio of net external assets to GDP (=NAP) are calculated by Sinn (1990). For the period...
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Between 1995 and 2005, the German economy has experienced a phase of weak economic growth. We analyze whether this weak growth performance can be attributed to the stance of monetary conditions during that period. We show that the real effective exchange rate did have almost no dampening effects...
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Wie sollte der ins Stocken gekommene Konjunkturmotor wieder in Gang gebracht werden? Dr. Gustav Adolf Horn, DIW Berlin, stellt in seinem Beitrag die Empfehlung der Mehrheit der Forschungsinstitute bei der Gemeinschaftsdiagnose vor, die sich für das Vorziehen der nächsten Stufe der Steuerreform...
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