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 One of Germany’s leading economists has suggested that Europe’s largest economy would have the most to lose if Britain left the EU. https://www.thelocal.de/20160418/germany-would-be-biggest-loser-from-brexit Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:06:40 +0200 germany-would-be-biggest-loser-from-brexit 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 German business confidence rose to its highest level in seven months in February, as Europe's biggest economy remains robust in the face of geopolitical uncertainty, the Ifo economic institute said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150223/business-confidence-rises Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:52:00 +0100 business-confidence-rises Economists at the Ifo Institute boosted their growth forecasts for 2015 in an opinion published on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141211/economists-make-stronger-growth-prediction Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:50:00 +0100 economists-make-stronger-growth-prediction Business confidence in Germany appears to be stabilising after long months of decline, with the Ifo business climate index rising in November for the first time in seven months, data showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141124/business-confidence-back-after-months-of-gloom Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:39:00 +0100 business-confidence-back-after-months-of-gloom Investment sentiment in Germany declined for the sixth month in row in June, falling to its lowest level for 18 months amid concern Europe's top economy is losing momentum, a survey found on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140617/german-investor-confidence-hits-18-month-low Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:01:00 +0200 german-investor-confidence-hits-18-month-low German business confidence hit the highest level for more than two and a half years in February, as the outlook for Europe's biggest economy continues to hold up, data showed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140224/german-business-confident-ifo-hits-high-in-february Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:39:00 +0100 german-business-confident-ifo-hits-high-in-february German business confidence rose for a fourth month in a row in August, data showed on Tuesday, exceeding expectations as companies in Europe's top economy continued to be buoyant. https://www.thelocal.de/20130827/51609 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:55:00 +0200 51609 German business confidence fell for the first time in five months in March, data showed Friday, as disappointing economic data, political gridlock in Italy and the Cyprus crisis dampened the business climate in Europe's top economy. https://www.thelocal.de/20130322/48695 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:54:00 +0100 48695 Germany, Europe's top economy, appears to have put the worst of the region's debt crisis behind it, data showed Friday, with business confidence rising to its highest level in seven months. https://www.thelocal.de/20130125/47557 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:35:00 +0100 47557 German business confidence continued to climb in December, a key institute's report indicated on Wednesday, amid growing faith that the eurozone will manage to beat its crippling debt crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20121219/46865 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:46:00 +0100 46865 The eurozone crisis is increasingly hitting Germany, Europe's top economy, data suggested on Wednesday with business confidence falling for the sixth month in a row to the lowest level since February 2010. https://www.thelocal.de/20121024/45745 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:51:00 +0200 45745 Eurozone gloom deepened on Friday with data showing that the debt crisis has pushed business confidence in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, to the lowest level for more than two years. https://www.thelocal.de/20120622/43315 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:15:00 +0200 43315 Business confidence in Germany beat expectations to rise again in April, underlining the resilience of Europe's biggest economy to the long-running debt crisis, data showed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120420/42073 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:39:00 +0200 42073 Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy, saw the release of further favourable economic data on Monday with industrial orders in December partly reversing steep falls seen the previous month. https://www.thelocal.de/20120206/40575 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:37:00 +0100 40575 The German economy, Europe's biggest, got off to a good start in the new year, with business confidence rising for the third month in a row, the Ifo economic institute said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120125/40327 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:20:00 +0100 40327 Signs that the debt crisis is striking at the core of the eurozone eased slightly on Thursday as business confidence in Germany, Europe's top economy, showed a surprise bounce. https://www.thelocal.de/20111124/39087 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:25:00 +0100 39087 German business confidence deteriorated for the fourth month in a row in October, data showed on Friday, as Europe's economic powerhouse begins to feel the pain of the region's debt crisis. https://www.thelocal.de/20111021/38359 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:55:00 +0200 38359 The mood in the German economy dipped again in September, according to the latest index published by the Munich-based Institute for Economic Research (Ifo). But the figures are not as bad as feared. https://www.thelocal.de/20110926/37829 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:45:00 +0200 37829 German business confidence fell sharply this month, the Ifo economic research institute said Wednesday as it released the latest in a series of bleak indicators for the top eurozone economy. https://www.thelocal.de/20110824/37151 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:49:00 +0200 37151