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EU · Sep 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Producer prices of industrial products sold within Germany were 4.6 percent higher in August than a year earlier and 1.1 percent higher…
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Germany · Sep 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Germany's manufacturing order backlog rose 1.5 percent in July from June in real terms and set another all-time high, the Federal Statistical…
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EU · Sep 15, 2026 · 3 min read
German wholesale selling prices rose 6.8 percent in August against the same month of 2025 and 0.9 percent against July. The Federal…
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EU · Sep 11, 2026 · 4 min read
German consumer prices rose 2.9 percent in the year to August, the Federal Statistical Office said, confirming its flash estimate without revision.…
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Germany · Sep 8, 2026 · 4 min read
German exports to the United States rose 19.1 percent in July to 14.4 billion euros, the largest single move in the trade…
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Germany · Sep 7, 2026 · 3 min read
German industrial production fell 1.1 percent in July from June, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Monday, and 1.6 percent against July…
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EU · Sep 5, 2026 · 4 min read
New orders in German manufacturing rose 2.5 percent in July on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office reported…
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Germany · Sep 1, 2026 · 3 min read
Germany's annual inflation rate climbed to 2.9 percent in August 2026, up from 2.8 percent in July, according to preliminary figures published…
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Germany · Aug 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Germany's labour market cooled further in July 2026 even as the cost of goods bought from abroad accelerated, according to two releases…
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Germany · Aug 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Germany's gross domestic product grew 0.3 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from the previous quarter, in price, seasonally and calendar…
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EU · Aug 20, 2026 · 3 min read
China remained Germany's largest trading partner in the first half of 2026, with a trade volume of 125.5 billion euros, ahead of…
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Germany · Aug 17, 2026 · 4 min read
German companies invested 4.3 billion euros directly in the United States in the first half of 2026, the lowest level since 2023,…
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Producer prices of industrial products sold within Germany were 4.6 percent higher in August than a year earlier and 1.1 percent higher than in July, the Federal Statistical Office said on 18 September. Energy did most of the work: it cost 8.3 percent more than in August 2025, and excluding energy the index rose 3.1…
Germany’s manufacturing order backlog rose 1.5 percent in July from June in real terms and set another all-time high, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on 17 September. It was 10.9 percent larger than in July 2025. At their average turnover of the past 12 months, factories would need 9.0 months to clear it, the…
German wholesale selling prices rose 6.8 percent in August against the same month of 2025 and 0.9 percent against July. The Federal Statistical Office published the figures on Tuesday. It is the third consecutive acceleration, after 4.9 percent in June and 5.3 percent in July, and the Office says a higher rate was last recorded…
German consumer prices rose 2.9 percent in the year to August, the Federal Statistical Office said, confirming its flash estimate without revision. Excluding motor fuels and heating oil, the same index rose 2.0 percent. The difference between those two figures is 0.9 percentage points on our calculation. Inflation was 2.3 percent in June and 2.8…
German exports to the United States rose 19.1 percent in July to 14.4 billion euros, the largest single move in the trade release the federal statistics office published on Tuesday, and 28.3 percent above July last year. Across the seven months to July those same exports are down 1.5 percent, at 88.8 billion euros. July…
German industrial production fell 1.1 percent in July from June, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Monday, and 1.6 percent against July last year. June was revised to no change from the 0.2 percent increase first published. 1 sector explains most of it, and the office says why. A shutdown did most of it Motor…
New orders in German manufacturing rose 2.5 percent in July on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office reported on 4 September, and fell 1.4 percent once large scale orders are stripped out. The gap between the two readings is 3.9 percentage points, on our calculation, and it is the whole story…
Germany’s annual inflation rate climbed to 2.9 percent in August 2026, up from 2.8 percent in July, according to preliminary figures published on 31 August 2026 by Destatis, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office. Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent compared with July, the statistical office said, while the harmonized index of consumer prices, the measure used for…
Germany’s labour market cooled further in July 2026 even as the cost of goods bought from abroad accelerated, according to two releases published the same day by the Federal Statistical Office, Destatis. Roughly 45.48 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in July, a seasonally adjusted decline of 13,000 from June, while import prices…
Germany’s gross domestic product grew 0.3 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from the previous quarter, in price, seasonally and calendar adjusted terms, a touch stronger than the 0.2 percent first reported, even as the general government deficit widened to 71.3 billion euros in the first half of the year, the Federal Statistical Office…