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The headline German IFO Business Climate Index came a bit higher at 96.8 in April compared to last month’s 96.6, missing the expectations of 97.8.

Germany’s Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday to dismiss legal appeals against the European Union’s recovery plan, effectively paving the way for unprecedented stimulus to be rolled out across the region. It is reported that Germany’s highest court raised questions in late March about the European Union’s plan to raise 750 …

Prominent economic institutes said that the German economy may shrink 1.8% on a quarterly basis in the first three months of this year due to the restrictions of Covid-19, a revision of their joint forecast of growth in Europe’s largest economy. Institutes now expect GDP growth of 3.7% this year, …

Forecasts for Germany’s economic growth for this year are expected to be revised lower to 3.7% from 4.7%, Reuters reported citing sources in German economic institutes. The move comes amid preventive measures against the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns taking longer than previously expected. Meanwhile, the estimated growth rate for 2022 …

The ZEW Institute for Economic Research said that investor sentiment in Germany recorded a sudden decline in April, pointing to growing concerns about the imposition of tougher isolation measures in Europe’s largest economy, reducing private consumption. The German ZEW headline numbers for April showed that the Economic Sentiment Index dropped …

Germany’s Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI), a powerful industry association, slashes the economic growth forecasts for this year to 3% from 3.5% due to ongoing lockdown measures in Europe’s biggest economy. BDI stated that its expectation assumes that the measures imposed to curb the spread of the new Corona virus …

German exports rose in February, as they received support from increased trade with China in a new indication that factories in Europe’s largest economy are buoyant despite a sharp drop in trade with the United Kingdom after its exit from the European Union. On Friday, April 9, the Federal Statistics …

Industrial Production in Germany showed a sharp increase in February, suggesting that the recovery in the manufacturing sector may have regained momentum. The industrial output arrived at 3.6% MoM, the federal statistics authority Destatis said in figures adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, vs. a 2.4% rise expected and -3.5% …

Data from the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases on Thursday showed that the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Germany has risen to two million and 930,852 cases after 20,407 new infections were recorded. The data also showed an increase in the number of deaths to 77,707, after …

The German Statistics Office said that the country’s public sector deficit amounted to 189.2 billion euros in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the first deficit since 2013 and the highest in the budget since the reunification of Germany thirty years ago. The pandemic, which killed more than 77,000 in …