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Despite all the negative headlines about Germany’s economy struggling, the reality is far more optimistic than many people ...
The Bundebank expects growth of 0.7% in Germany in 2026 but this could be eaten up if U.S. tariffs of 30% threatened by ...
Germany's economy shrunk for a second consecutive year in 2024, continuing its struggle with internal and external challenges.
The German economy, Europe's biggest, grew by 0.4% in the first quarter thanks to stronger-than-expected exports and manufacturing.
Metrics reveal an economy sliding backward. It will be one of the biggest issues in the election set for Sunday.
German economic sentiment worsened again this month, another signal of weakness in Europe’s largest economy as optimism continues to fade.
A long-awaited recovery for the German economy has been pushed further back, with three economic institutes revising their forecasts on Thursday.
Leading think tanks say that Germany's economy is likely to be more or less stagnant in 2025 after shrinking for two years and the impact of U.S. tariffs could weigh down an already unimpressive ...
Germany is in a prolonged economic crisis that has bred a subsequent crisis of democracy. The energy shock in the wake of the Russian attack on Ukraine in 2022 stalled the country’s recovery from the ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research, about Germany's weakened economy and its potential impact on the country's upcoming elections.
Germany is in shock — and has a new ‘absolute priority’ Can Germany’s new chancellor fix a moribund economy and forestall the far right’s surge?
Behind Germany’s Political Turmoil, a Stagnating Economy One of Europe’s powerhouses is losing its competitive edge, and the political class can’t agree on why — or what to do about it.