14.10.2021 • 26/2021

East German economy less affected by supply bottlenecks than German economy as a whole, but lower vaccination rates pose risks – Implications of the Joint Economic Forecast Autumn 2021 and of Länder data from recent publications of the Federal Statisti

Supply bottlenecks affect production in the manufacturing sector in East Germany somewhat less than in Germany as a whole. With 1.8%, the increase in Gross Domestic Product in eastern Germany in 2021 therefore is likely to be lower than in Germany as a whole (2.4%); this gap is likely to enlarge in 2022, when supply bottlenecks hamper less (East Germany: 3.6%, Germany 4.8%).

07.10.2016 • 43/2016

IWH-Bauumfrage im dritten Quartal 2016: Ostdeutsches Baugewerbe in glänzender Stimmung

Das Geschäftsklima im ostdeutschen Baugewerbe hat sich laut Umfrage des IWH im Sommer 2016 nochmals verbessert. Sowohl die Lage als auch die Aussichten erreichen neue Höchstwerte seit Beginn der Umfrage im Jahr 1993. Dabei setzt die Geschäftslage ihren Höhenflug vom Frühjahr weiter fort. Die Geschäftsaussichten, die zunächst dreimal in Folge auf hohem Niveau stagnierten, lassen nun auf eine weitere Verbesserung der Lage im nächsten halben Jahr schließen.

04.04.2019 • 10/2019

Service providers in Berlin give boost to East German economy – implications of the Joint Economic Forecast and of official data on the East German economy in 2018

In its spring report, the Joint Economic Forecast group states that the upturn in Germany came to an end in the second half of 2018, mainly because the manufacturing sector is weakening due to a slowing international economy and to problems in the automotive industry. Accordingly, in places such as Saxony (1.2%), Thuringia (0.5%), and Saxony-Anhalt (0.9%), where manufacturing plays a particularly important role, gross domestic product (GDP) grew less than in Germany as a whole (1.4%).

02.10.2019 • 21/2019

Thanks to robust domestic demand, the impact of the manufacturing sector on East Germany is less severe than in the west – Implications of the Autumn 2019 Joint Economic Forecast and official regional data for the eastern German economy

In its autumn report, the Joint Economic Forecast Project Group states that the German economy has cooled further in the current year. The manufacturing sector is the main reason for the economic weakness. This affects the economy in East Germany as well.

08.04.2020 • 6/2020

The economic slump caused by the corona pandemic is likely to be somewhat less severe in East Germany than in the West ‒ Implications of the Spring 2020 Joint Economic Forecast and official regional data for the East German economy

14.10.2020 • 22/2020

Economic slump in East Germany not as severe as in Germany as a whole ‒ Implications of the Joint Economic Forecast and new data for East Germany

The German economy started recovering quickly after the drastic pandemic-related slump in spring 2020. The recovery, however, loses much of its momentum in the second half of the year. The Joint Economic Forecast predicts that production levels seen before the crisis will not be reached again until the second half of 2021. In principle, the East German economy is following this pattern, although the economic slump is likely to be somewhat milder.

15.04.2021 • 12/2021

Economy in East Germany shrank less than in the West, but will have weaker momentum when pandemic disappears – Implications of the Joint Economic Forecast Spring 2021 and new data for East Germany

At 3%, the increase in gross domestic product in eastern Germany in 2021 is likely to be lower than in Germany as a whole (3.7%), as the slump due to the pandemic was smaller in 2020. In the course of the economic recovery in the second half of the year, the unemployment rate is expected to fall slightly.