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Expected 0.3% expansion for 2024 comes as energy prices and inflation continue to fall from record highs
Data expected to reassure ECB officials that eurozone still on track for ‘soft landing’
The corporatist spell must soon break
Comments from group’s finance chief coincide with German chancellor leading a business delegation to China
Markus Krebber says there will be ‘significant structural demand destruction’ in energy-intensive sectors
Construction and carmaking drive stronger-than-expected performance in February
Outperformance by Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece contrasts sharply with stagnation in Germany
Prices in Europe’s largest economy rise at lowest level in nearly 3 years
Five leading institutes expect expansion of just 0.1 per cent in 2024 as exports fall and domestic demand fails to pick up
Rules may be so harsh that they could actually backfire for society and markets
Gap between the countries’ borrowing costs narrows while investors position for interest rate cuts
Federal agency chair confident that workers who lose jobs in sectors such as carmaking will find jobs elsewhere
German central bank uses up €19.2bn of provisions it built up to cover financial risks to absorb deficit
S&P Global’s flash eurozone composite purchasing managers’ index rises to 8-month high
Liberals and Greens in Scholz government propose diametrically opposed solutions
Central bank blames budget uncertainty, strikes and weak demand for likely ‘technical recession’ in first quarter
Strong American economy and tax incentives lure investors as Berlin frets over deindustrialisation
Berlin is taking a more muscular approach to national security, but concern is growing over how it will maintain the necessary spending
Optimistic outlook contrasts with gloomy current view of the EU’s largest economy, ZEW survey finds
Siegfried Russwurm says government’s climate agenda is ‘more dogmatic than any other country I know’
Scholz calls Brexit an ‘economic disaster’ for UK in strong criticism of far-right party’s proposal for Germany to leave EU
Shrinking German output and stalled French growth offset improved figures in Italy and Spain
Panel of experts recommends changes to constitutionally enshrined borrowing curbs
Amid rising discontent, the ruling coalition must quickly get its act together
The longest stoppage in Deutsche Bahn’s history could cost the economy up to €1bn, warn business chiefs
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