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The headline German IFO Business Climate Index drops sharply to 90.1 in January versus last month’s 92.2, missing the consensus estimates of 91.8 by a big margin. Meanwhile, the Current Economic Assessment arrived at 89.2 points in the reported month as compared to last month’s 91.3 and 90.6 expected.

The German manufacturing sector expanded less-than-expected in January, the preliminary manufacturing activity report from IHS/Markit research showed this Friday. Meanwhile, Services PMI contracted to 46.8 in January vs. 47.0 last month and 45.3 expected. The index hit a two-month low.

A prolonged lockdown in Germany to help combat the spread of the Coronavirus is expected to impact the growth of the largest economy in Europe, according to market experts, Reuters reported. Ifo is expecting the second quarter (Q2) of 2021 to see a growth rate of 3%. As for Q1, …

The German ZEW headline numbers for January showed that the Economic Sentiment Index improved to 61.8 versus 60.0 expected and 55.0 prevoius. While the sub-index Current Conditions figure arrived at -66.4 in Jan versus -68.5 expected and -66.5 seen previously. Meanwhile, the Eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment for Jan unexpectedly rose …

Germany reported that the number of coronavirus cases reached 7,141 new cases and 214 deaths today, bringing the total number nationwide to 2.04 million and 46,633 respectively, according to data released by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases. It appears that the number of daily cases has decreased …

Preliminary data from the Federal Statistics Office showed that Germany’s economy contracted less than expected at 5% in 2020, as the country’s strong response contributed to limiting the damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe’s largest economy. The drop in gross domestic product, below Reuters’s forecast of a 5.1% …

The German economy is expected to grow by 3.5% in 2021, following a decline of 5% in 2020, according to a recent forecast by the BDI industry association released on Tuesday, Reuters reported. However, the largest economy in Europe is not expected to return to its levels prior to the …

Data showed German industrial output and exports rose in November, adding to indications that the export-dependent manufacturing sector gave momentum to Europe’s largest economy in the last quarter of the year. Industrial output increased 0.9% on a monthly basis and exports rose 2.2%, according to figures released by the Federal …

Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 0.5% in December, Destatis reported in its flash estimate on Wednesday. This reading followed a 0.8% decline in November but missed the market expectation of 0.5%. The annual CPI stayed unchanged at -0.3%.

Germany is prolonging a nationwide lockdown until the end of January 2021, introducing new preventive measures against the resurgence of new Coronavirus cases, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Tuesday, Reuters reported. “We ask all citizens to restrict contact to the absolute minimum,” Merkel said. Moreover, travelers arriving in Germany …