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EU · Aug 2, 2026 · 3 min read
The ifo Business Climate Index for Germany rose to 86.6 in July from 85.7 in June. The headline improvement, however, came entirely…
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EU · Jul 30, 2026 · 5 min read
German gross domestic product increased 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from the previous quarter after adjustment for prices, seasonal…
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EU · Jul 16, 2026 · 1 min read
German wholesale prices rose 4.9 percent in June from a year earlier, easing from 5.9 percent in May, and fell 0.7 percent…
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EU · Jul 10, 2026 · 2 min read
German exports rose 0.9 percent in May from the previous month to 137.9 billion euros on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis,…
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EU · Jul 8, 2026 · 2 min read
German industrial production rose 0.9 percent in May from the previous month, beating expectations and pointing to a tentative recovery in the…
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EU · Jul 7, 2026 · 5 min read
Germany's cabinet has approved the draft federal budget for 2027 and the financial plan through 2030, marking one of the clearest fiscal…
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EU · Jul 6, 2026 · 4 min read
New orders in German manufacturing rose 1.9 percent in May from the previous month, seasonally and calendar adjusted, the Federal Statistical Office…
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EU · Jun 27, 2026 · 3 min read
German business sentiment improved again in June, but consumer confidence remained deeply negative, pointing to a recovery that is stabilising rather than…
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EU · Jun 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Business sentiment in the euro area's two largest economies improved slightly in June, but the gains remained modest and the underlying indicators…
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EU · Jun 25, 2026 · 3 min read
The Qatar Investment Authority has committed 432 million euros to RWE's equity capital raise, increasing its stake in the German energy group…
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EU · Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read
Wholesale selling prices in Germany rose 5.9 percent in May 2026 compared with a year earlier, according to data published by the…
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The ifo Business Climate Index for Germany rose to 86.6 in July from 85.7 in June. The headline improvement, however, came entirely from expectations. Companies’ assessment of their current situation deteriorated. Component July 2026 June 2026 Change Business Climate 86.6 85.7 +0.9 Current situation 86.5 87.0 −0.5 Expectations 86.7 84.3 +2.4 That is a 2.9-point…
German gross domestic product increased 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from the previous quarter after adjustment for prices, seasonal patterns and calendar effects, the Federal Statistical Office said on 30 July. Against the second quarter of 2025, GDP was 0.9 percent higher on both a price-adjusted and a price-and-calendar-adjusted basis, the two…
German wholesale prices rose 4.9 percent in June from a year earlier, easing from 5.9 percent in May, and fell 0.7 percent on the month, the Federal Statistical Office reported on 14 July. It was the second consecutive monthly decline, as the surge in energy and raw material prices from earlier in the year continued…
German exports rose 0.9 percent in May from the previous month to 137.9 billion euros on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, while imports fell 2.5 percent to 118.8 billion euros, widening the trade surplus to 19.1 billion euros from 14.7 billion euros in April, the federal statistics office Destatis said on Thursday. The swing…
German industrial production rose 0.9 percent in May from the previous month, beating expectations and pointing to a tentative recovery in the euro area’s industrial heartland, led by a rebound in carmaking. The increase, reported by the federal statistics office, followed a modest 0.2 percent rise in April and was driven by a 3.6 percent…
Germany’s cabinet has approved the draft federal budget for 2027 and the financial plan through 2030, marking one of the clearest fiscal shifts in modern German economic policy. The plan combines higher public investment, sharply larger defence spending and heavy borrowing as Europe’s largest economy tries to rebuild growth momentum after years of weak investment…
New orders in German manufacturing rose 1.9 percent in May from the previous month, seasonally and calendar adjusted, the Federal Statistical Office reported on 6 July, a stronger reading than economists had expected and a rebound from a weak April. On the surface it points to firmer demand for the goods that Europe’s largest economy…
German business sentiment improved again in June, but consumer confidence remained deeply negative, pointing to a recovery that is stabilising rather than accelerating. The ifo Business Climate Index rose to 85.6 points from 85.0 in May, with companies assessing the current situation more positively and expectations becoming somewhat less sceptical. This was the second consecutive…
Business sentiment in the euro area’s two largest economies improved slightly in June, but the gains remained modest and the underlying indicators continued to point to an uneven recovery. Fresh survey data from Germany’s ifo Institute and France’s INSEE showed firmer headline confidence, while manufacturing, employment and household demand signals stayed soft. In Germany, the…
The Qatar Investment Authority has committed 432 million euros to RWE’s equity capital raise, increasing its stake in the German energy group from 9.27 percent to 9.87 percent. The investment forms part of RWE’s capital raise of about 4 billion euros to support the company’s planned expansion of its indirect stake in Amprion, one of…