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7 Apr 21
The coronavirus pandemic saw Germany’s public sector deficit reach €189bn last year, the largest budgetary gap since its reunification in 1990.
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25 Mar 21
Germany will ignore its debt ceiling for the second year running after approving its 2021 federal budget.
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4 Feb 21
Covid-19 spending and lower revenues have weakened German states’ finances and forced them into debt, according to the latest government figures and analysis from ratings agency Fitch.
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20 Nov 20
Germany should not let its rising debt stop it from taking “vigorous policy action” to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19, the IMF has said after a visit to the country.
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17 Nov 20
Germany’s inaction in fighting fraud in online sales has been blasted as “incomprehensible” by the country’s state audit office president – given the amount of money spent over the internet.
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29 Sep 20
The economic and health crises caused by Covid-19 led Germany’s overall public debt to its highest ever level in the first half of 2020, the country’s official statistics bureau Destatis has...
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20 Aug 20
Universal basic income is to be trialled in Germany in an experiment to find out what effects it has on people’s lives.
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24 Mar 20
Germany has announced €156bn of new spending to fight the economic effects of the coronavirus.
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14 Jan 20
Germany recorded its largest ever budget surplus in 2019, the ministry of finance has announced.
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26 Nov 19
The German economy is set to grow slightly this quarter as business confidence improves, the Ifo Institute for Economic Research has said.
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14 Nov 19
Germany has narrowly avoided a technical recession after its economy grew by 0.1% in the last quarter.
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11 Nov 19
Germany’s coalition partners have reached an agreement on a pensions issue that threatened to derail the country’s government.
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8 Nov 19
German exports grew in September, data released today has shown, calming long-standing fears of Europe’s biggest economy entering a technical recession.
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7 Oct 19
The German government has announced a €54bn package to meet its climate change targets in a way that is both “economically sustainable and socially equitable”.
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11 Sep 19
Germany’s economy is “on the brink of recession”, researchers have warned.
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28 Aug 19
Brexit has been the main factor in weakening German exports this year, new data has reportedly shown.
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14 Aug 19
The German economy shrank in the second quarter of this year, fuelling fears of a European-wide recession as growth across the EU slows.
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12 Jul 19
Germany’s economic growth is being held back by a global slowdown and the country needs to rebalance its economy, according to the IMF.
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8 Jul 19
The composite leading indicators that aim to forecast trends six to nine months ahead point to “stabilising growth momentum” in OECD countries.
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4 Jun 19
German chancellor Angela Merkel has hinted her government could lower corporation tax, as the country’s business lobby blasted her fragile ruling coalition.
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2 Apr 19
Uncertainties over Brexit are forcing activity in Germany’s manufacturing sector to contract at its fastest rate since July 2012.
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19 Mar 19
Germany’s budget for next year calls for a 1.7% hike in overall spending to €362.6bn – but its defence spending will be less than NATO’s target.
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11 Dec 18
The European Commission has approved €350m in public funding to help shift German freight traffic from road to rail to reduce congestion and fuel emissions.
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1 Aug 18
India and Germany have today signed an agreement for €653.7m to continue their partnership with a focus on improving urban development and renewable energy around the world.
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11 Jun 18
The G7 countries will provide nearly $3bn to fund education for the world’s poorest women and girls, Canada’s prime minister has announced.
7 Apr 21The coronavirus pandemic saw Germany’s public sector deficit reach €189bn last year, the largest budgetary gap since its reunification in 1990.
25 Mar 21Germany will ignore its debt ceiling for the second year running after approving its 2021 federal budget.
20 Nov 20Germany should not let its rising debt stop it from taking “vigorous policy action” to mitigate the economic effects of Covid-19, the IMF has said after a visit to the country.
11 Nov 19Germany’s coalition partners have reached an agreement on a pensions issue that threatened to derail the country’s government.
8 Jul 19The composite leading indicators that aim to forecast trends six to nine months ahead point to “stabilising growth momentum” in OECD countries.
4 Jun 19German chancellor Angela Merkel has hinted her government could lower corporation tax, as the country’s business lobby blasted her fragile ruling coalition.
11 Dec 18The European Commission has approved €350m in public funding to help shift German freight traffic from road to rail to reduce congestion and fuel emissions.
1 Aug 18India and Germany have today signed an agreement for €653.7m to continue their partnership with a focus on improving urban development and renewable energy around the world.
11 Jun 18The G7 countries will provide nearly $3bn to fund education for the world’s poorest women and girls, Canada’s prime minister has announced.
