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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.
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25 May 18
Germany’s federal government will have nearly €11bn more to spend over the next four years as a result of more tax revenue than expected, a German government source has told PF International.
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15 May 18
The German government should work to reduce its high trade surplus by increasing public investment, the International Monetary Fund has advised.
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25 Apr 18
France and Germany will press US president Donald Trump to permanently exempt the EU bloc from steel and aluminium tariffs as the leaders meet this week, the EU trade chief has affirmed.
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19 Mar 18
Germany’s new finance minister has said protectionism is “not the answer” to trade and warned he is “seriously worried” about the trade stand-offs with the US.
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15 Mar 18
Germany’s gender pay gap remains unchanged, with women earning 21% less than men last year, the Federal Statistics Office has said.
29 Sep 20The 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...
20 Aug 20Universal basic income is to be trialled in Germany in an experiment to find out what effects it has on people’s lives.
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.
25 Apr 18France and Germany will press US president Donald Trump to permanently exempt the EU bloc from steel and aluminium tariffs as the leaders meet this week, the EU trade chief has affirmed.
19 Mar 18Germany’s new finance minister has said protectionism is “not the answer” to trade and warned he is “seriously worried” about the trade stand-offs with the US.
15 Mar 18Germany’s gender pay gap remains unchanged, with women earning 21% less than men last year, the Federal Statistics Office has said.
