Germany after stagnation: Slow stimulation of overall economy by export driven recovery
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 9,
2004
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The main centres of the recovery in this business cycle remain in the US and East Asia. Amid the fading stimuli from economic policy, the US economy loses some of its momentum and GDP will increase by 4.5% in 2004 followed by 3.5% in the coming year. In the euro area, the vibrant external trade more and more spills over into the domestic economy. Still, with 1.5% this year and 2% in 2005, GDP will clearly underperform in comparison to the growth centres of the world. In Germany, even more so than in the euro area, the revival depends on the world economy. Exports will maintain their strong upward trend and in their wake, demand for consumer as well as capital goods will start to increase. But increases in consumption will remain small this year and it will be 2005 before clear improvements can be observed. After stagnating in 2003, GDP will rise by 1.8% both this and next year.
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Financing FDI into developing economies and the international transmission of business cycle fluctuations
Diemo Dietrich
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics,
2004
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Business cycle news: Upswing in Germany delayed
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 12,
2002
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In the wake of the most recent national accounts estimates, the IWH has reassessed its business cycle forecast. Additionally, the economic effects of the flood were analysed. While the latter should have neither a positive nor a negative impact on Germany’ business cycle as a whole, East Germany’s already weak economic expansion is seriously affected. At most GDP will stagnate. In contrast, next year the public and private restoration efforts will stimulate the Eastern German economy.
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Konjunkturerklärung: Die Real Business Cycle-Theorie
Herbert Buscher, Daniel Radowski
ZEW Konjunkturreport Nr. 2,
2002
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Investment Behaviour of Financially Constrained Multinational Corporations: Consequences for the International Transmission of Business Cycle Fluctuations
Diemo Dietrich
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 165,
2002
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The paper investigates the investment decision of a financially constrained multinational
corporation (MNC) planning investment projects both at home and in a developing
country. The collateral values of the projects diverge because of country specific
transactions costs so that the willingness of banks to grant a loan depends not only on
the MNCs financial wealth but also on the share of FDI in total investment. It is shown
that i) variations in the MNCs financial standing affects FDI stronger than domestic
investment, ii) FDI is likely to decrease following a macroeconomic shock to the MNC
parent, and iii) domestic investment is likely to increase following a macroeconomic
shock to the MNC affiliate.
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Germany s dependence on the economic situation in the U.S. is less crucial than generally assumed
Klaus Weyerstraß
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 6,
2002
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In the context of the recent cyclical downturn in Germany it has often been argued that Germany depends more than other European countries on international economic developments. In this article it is investigated whether empirical support can be found for this proposition. Moreover, it is explored whether this relation has changed over time. For this purpose, vector autoregressive (VAR) models are applied to the output gaps of different economies.
It is shown that in the seventies and eighties, the transmission of business cycle shocks was more pronounced to Germany than to the other EU countries. Since the middle of the nineties, no such differences can be detected. Furthermore, since the middle of the nineties, the effects of shocks from abroad on the German business cycle have been significantly more short-lived than before.
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Business cycle in Germany: Bottom phase almost completed
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 10,
2001
Abstract
In the report, the economic situation in Germany and in the Eurozone in the current year 2001 and in the following year 2002 is analyzed and forecasted in detail. Due to the unfavorable global economic situation and the unexpectedly high inflation, GDP growth has been slowing down in Germany in the year 2001. In 2002, growth will regain momentum. In the remaining course of this year, inflation will abate, thus allowing the European Central Bank leeway for an ease in monetary policy, provided wage increases remain moderate. Due to the cyclically lower revenues and higher expenditures, the public deficit will be temporarily higher than projected in the Stability Program. This should not be counteracted so as not to further endanger economic growth. The main National Accounts data for Germany are summarized in a detailed table in the appendix.
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Current trends – Business cycle in Euro area takes a temporary dip
Michael Seifert
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 9,
2001
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Current trends – Business cycle in Euro area – Weaker start into 2001
Michael Seifert
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 1,
2001
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Business cycle 2000 and 2001: Change of buoyant forces stabilizes strong production dynamic in Germany
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 10,
2000
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Der Aufsatz analysiert und prognostiziert die konjunkturelle Entwicklung in Deutschland und im Euroraum in ausführlicher Form für das laufende Jahr 2000 und das Folgejahr 2001. Begünstigt von der Aufhellung des weltwirtschaftlichen Umfeldes sowie vom Kursrückgang des Euro gegenüber dem US-Dollar expandiert die Ausfuhr aus Deutschland kräftiger als noch vor einigen Monaten erwartet. Der exportgeleitete Aufschwung beflügelt die Investitionstätigkeit. Der entscheidende Schub für die Konsumausgaben der privaten Haushalte kommt im Jahr 2001 von der dritten Stufe des Steuerentlastungsgesetzes, die in Verbindung mit der Unternehmenssteuerreform vorgezogen werden soll. Die wichtigsten Daten der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung für Deutschland sind in einer detaillierten Anhangstabelle enthalten.
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