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Germany · Aug 12, 2026 · 5 min read
German consumer prices rose two point eight percent in the year to July 2026, up from two point three percent in June,…
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Germany · Aug 9, 2026 · 5 min read
Germany's trade deficit with China reached fifty five point two billion euros in the first half of 2026, as German exports to…
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Germany · Aug 7, 2026 · 4 min read
German exports reached 139.3 billion euros in June 2026, up 0.9 percent on May and 6.6 percent on June 2025, the highest…
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Germany · 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 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 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 · 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 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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China remained Germany’s largest trading partner in the first half of 2026, with a trade volume of 125.5 billion euros, ahead of the United States at 123.7 billion and the Netherlands at 109.3 billion. The federal statistical office published the detailed half-year results this morning. The position is one China reclaimed rather than won. It…
German companies invested 4.3 billion euros directly in the United States in the first half of 2026, the lowest level since 2023, according to calculations by the German Economic Institute reported by Reuters on 16 August. The figure is down by nearly two thirds from the same period a year earlier and by nearly 80…
German consumer prices rose two point eight percent in the year to July 2026, up from two point three percent in June, the Federal Statistical Office said on Wednesday, publishing the final reading and confirming its provisional estimate. Prices rose zero point eight percent on the month. On the harmonised European measure the annual rate…
Germany’s trade deficit with China reached fifty five point two billion euros in the first half of 2026, as German exports to the country fell twelve point three percent to thirty six point six billion euros while imports from it rose eight point nine percent to ninety one point eight billion, figures published by the…
German exports reached 139.3 billion euros in June 2026, up 0.9 percent on May and 6.6 percent on June 2025, the highest calendar and seasonally adjusted monthly figure the Federal Statistical Office has ever recorded. The previous record, 139.1 billion euros, was set in September 2022. Imports rose 4.4 percent on the month to 123.9…
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 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…
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…
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…