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Economy Under the Spell of the Coronavirus Epidemic The epidemic is obstructing the economic recovery in Germany. If the...

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  Members & Research Doctoral Students Annika Backes ; Doctoral thesis project: tba Dmitri Bershadskyy; Doctoral thesis project: "Experimental Analysis of...

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07.03.2019 • 7/2019

German economy will pick up speed only slowly

In winter of 2018/2019, the global economy weakened considerably, mainly due to economic policy risks. In Germany, the economy will pick up speed only slowly. According to IWH spring economic forecast, gross domestic product will increase by 0.5% in 2019. Growth in East Germany will amount to 0.7%.

Oliver Holtemöller
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EFN Report Winter 2018/19: Economic Outlook for the Euro Area in 2019 and 2020

EFN Reports, No. 1, 2019
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• The cyclical upswing of the world economy comes to an end, since expansionary policies in the US are expected to peter out in 2019, and the protectionist course of the US government clouds the perspectives for world trade. • However, if a major trade conflict can be avoided, chances are good that world production growth will be close to the long-run average of a bit more than 3%, with trade expanding at a similar pace. • Slowing exports, in particular to China, can partly explain the setback, while domestic conditions still appear favourable: firms continued hiring, albeit by less than before, tight labour markets in many member countries have caused wages to rise more quickly, and house prices continue to increase markedly. • Since a trend to higher inflationary dynamics is still not detectable, the ECB is likely to either keep key interest rates unchanged in 2019 or raise them very carefully at the end of the year. • All in all, we expect the euro area growth rate to come down from 1.9% in 2018 to 1.5% in 2019 and 1.8% in 2020, and inflation to slightly slow down from 1.8% in 2018 to 1.6% in 2019 and 1.5% in 2020.
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IWH-Verdienst-Check: Kräftige Lohnzuwächse und Entlastungen bei Lohnabzügen bringen den Arbeitnehmern mehr Netto im Jahr 2019

Oliver Holtemöller, Birgit Schultz
One-off Publications, No. 3, 2018
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Die Löhne und Gehälter der Arbeitnehmer dürften in Deutschland im nächsten Jahr kräftig zulegen. So sind in vielen Branchen wie beispielsweise dem Bauhauptgewerbe, der Metall- und Elektroindustrie oder im Öffentlichen Dienst von Bund und Kommunen recht hohe Tariflohnerhöhungen vorgesehen. Die gute Arbeitsmarktlage dürfte auch die nicht tarifgebundenen Löhne weiter steigen lassen. Zudem wird der Mindestlohn im Januar 2019 um knapp 4% angehoben. Insgesamt ist im nächsten Jahr von einem Anstieg der Bruttolöhne und -gehälter je Arbeitnehmer von etwas mehr als 3% auszugehen.
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East Germany Rearguard Only investments in education will lead to a further catch-up ...

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Reports of the European Forecasting Network (EFN)

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