German inflation dropped to 1.5% in March from 2.2% a month earlier, in line with what the European Central Bank predicted. The adjustment makes it more likely that the ECB will continue with its stimulus […]
German Deputy Finance Minister Jens Spahn has repeated the country’s call to the European Central Bank for a stronger euro and a rise in interest rates. The US has claimed that Germany is keeping the […]
Germany’s spending on research and development rose 9.5% to €62.4 billion last year, a record. By far the biggest factor driving the trend was investment by the auto industry, which spent €21.7 billion on R&D. […]
The German economy is expected to have recovered more strongly than expected in the final quarter of 2016, with a rise in industrial orders and several surveys reporting market confidence, according to the Ifo Institute. […]
Greece is warning Germany and other creditors to agree on a debt restructuring in the coming weeks, or miss the best chance to bring its seven-year crisis to an end. “If we kick the can […]
Index: Business confidence of German execs up Germany’s business leaders are more optimistic about the economy than they have been in more than two years, according to the Ifo think tank’s business-confidence index. The benchmark […]
The German economy heavily relies on an anomalous trade surplus, said Peter Praet, a European Central Bank Executive Board member, and he urged the government to work toward lower taxes, higher wages and investment to […]
Germany’s public-sector banks lose more than €500 million a year because of negative interest rates, sources say. The lenders have not been passing on negative rates to clients, even though they have been paying to […]
Germany’s economy and foreign trade will suffer, with growth next year falling by nearly half, as Brexit’s effect begins to be felt, according to a forecast by the DIW institute. Growth in 2017 is projected […]
Germany’s government bonds fell for the first time in four days after the European Central Bank made no changes to its key interest rates or asset-purchase program. Europe’s benchmark sovereign securities extended their drop after […]
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