https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The German government is set to upgrade its growth forecast for this year as industry holds up well to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20210424/germany-economy-to-return-to-pre-pandemic-levels-by-2022-at-the-latest Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:19:24 +0200 germany-economy-to-return-to-pre-pandemic-levels-by-2022-at-the-latest Germany, long adverse to being in the red, on Tuesday posted a public deficit of €51.6 billion for the first half of 2020, with coronavirus lockdowns undercutting government revenue as it increased spending. https://www.thelocal.de/20200825/germany-sees-record-gdp-decline-amid-coronavirus-spending Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:16:08 +0200 germany-sees-record-gdp-decline-amid-coronavirus-spending German economic growth plummeted in 2019, official data is expected to show Wednesday, stoking renewed debate about how to use fiscal surpluses to boost gross domestic product. https://www.thelocal.de/20200115/curtain-falls-on-germanys-golden-decade-of-growth Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:03:14 +0100 curtain-falls-on-germanys-golden-decade-of-growth Germany has bounced back from an early 2018 slowdown, official data showed Tuesday, as the pace of growth accelerated despite the rumblings of a trade war that could trip up its export-led economy. https://www.thelocal.de/20180814/german-economy-bounces-back-from-slow-start-to-year Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:15:44 +0200 german-economy-bounces-back-from-slow-start-to-year The German economy grew slower than analysts had forecast in the first three months of 2018, federal statistics authority Destatis said Tuesday, in a result likely to stoke fears of a eurozone slowdown. https://www.thelocal.de/20180515/german-gdp-growth-disappoints-in-first-quarter Tue, 15 May 2018 10:42:09 +0200 german-gdp-growth-disappoints-in-first-quarter Analysts said Wednesday that Europe's largest economy Germany will likely maintain or pick up its pace of growth this year, after booking a 0.6-percent expansion between October and December. https://www.thelocal.de/20180214/german-economic-growth-will-remain-constant-or-speed-up-in-2018-analysts Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:36:39 +0100 german-economic-growth-will-remain-constant-or-speed-up-in-2018-analysts The German economy grew 2.2 percent in 2017, enjoying its fastest rate of expansion since 2011, official data for Europe's top economy showed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180111/german-economy-in-2017-grew-at-highest-rate-in-six-years Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:52:10 +0100 german-economy-in-2017-grew-at-highest-rate-in-six-years The German economy expanded sharply in the first three months of 2017, official data showed Friday, putting Europe's powerhouse on track to beat a late-1970s record for its longest-ever recovery. https://www.thelocal.de/20170512/germany-on-track-for-record-breaking-growth-streak-say-analysts Fri, 12 May 2017 14:01:56 +0200 germany-on-track-for-record-breaking-growth-streak-say-analysts The German economy grew by a healthy 1.9 percent in 2016, as the motor of the European economy purred along. But the areas which really boomed weren’t the expected ones. https://www.thelocal.de/20170331/these-are-the-german-regions-where-the-economy-is-really-booming Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:47:59 +0200 these-are-the-german-regions-where-the-economy-is-really-booming Police union GdP warned on Friday that overstretched federal officers can't keep up controls on Germany's southern borders indefinitely. https://www.thelocal.de/20160122/police-cant-keep-up-border-controls-union Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:39:41 +0100 police-cant-keep-up-border-controls-union A massive influx of refugees, and accompanying billions in public spending, have provided Germany with a long-awaited answer to partners' calls for it to do more to jumpstart the eurozone economy. https://www.thelocal.de/20151129/german-refugee-spending-revs-up-german-growth Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:01:43 +0100 german-refugee-spending-revs-up-german-growth The German economy posted firm growth for the third quarter, boosted by consumer spending which is fast becoming a cornerstone for German economic expansion, data published Tuesday showed. https://www.thelocal.de/20151124/happy-shoppers-and-refugee-spending-boost-growth Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:20:55 +0100 happy-shoppers-and-refugee-spending-boost-growth German business confidence slipped fractionally from its previous high level in May, as the upturn in Europe's biggest economy continues, the Ifo economic institute said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150522/business-confidence-slack-as-growth-slows Fri, 22 May 2015 13:14:46 +0200 business-confidence-slack-as-growth-slows Germany's total debt increased slightly in 2014, but because the economy grew, its proportion of overall output fell, the Bundesbank (central bank) said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150401/strong-economy-makes-german-debt-look-smaller Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:46:25 +0200 strong-economy-makes-german-debt-look-smaller Germany's economy is expected to continue growing in 2015, new forecasts from the European Commission (EC) showed on Thursday, although progress is set to remain sluggish. https://www.thelocal.de/20150205/germany-to-grow-15-percent-in-2015-brussels Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:59:37 +0100 germany-to-grow-15-percent-in-2015-brussels The German economy, Europe's biggest, shrugged off global weakness to expand by a solid 1.5 percent in 2014, and could see growth accelerate this year, analysts said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150115/german-economy-grows-by-15-in-2014-data-destatis Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:44:00 +0100 german-economy-grows-by-15-in-2014-data-destatis The German economy, Europe's biggest, will continue to show little sparkle at least until the end of the year, the central bank (Bundesbank) predicted on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141117/bundesbank-expects-sluggish-growth-to-close-year Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:07:00 +0100 bundesbank-expects-sluggish-growth-to-close-year Germany will get an early Christmas present of around €779 million from the EU, thanks to weaker than expected GDP growth. https://www.thelocal.de/20141024/germany-gets-780m-eu-rebate-for-poor-growth Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:19:00 +0200 germany-gets-780m-eu-rebate-for-poor-growth UPDATE: Growth of the German economy was driven exclusively by booming domestic demand in the first quarter, while foreign trade put a brakes on activity, data showed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140523/german-economic-growth-q1-2014-spurred-by-consumers Fri, 23 May 2014 10:35:00 +0200 german-economic-growth-q1-2014-spurred-by-consumers German economic growth is heading for a significant slowdown in the second quarter of 2014 after a robust first three months, the German central bank said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140428/bundesbank-warns-of-german-economy-slowdown Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:39:00 +0200 bundesbank-warns-of-german-economy-slowdown