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    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      German postal workers given double-digit pay rise to avert strike

      Two-year deal will add to central bankers’ fears over wage demands fuelling high inflation

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      Eurozone break-evens do what now?

      We’re not in Kansas any more

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      European banks
      German banks accused of short-changing savers with low rates

      Europe’s largest retail deposit broker says country’s lenders will make €40bn in ‘unfair’ profits this year

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      News in-depthGerman politics
      Scholz struggles to reset German defence policy

      Chancellor under pressure over military spending as reality fails to match newly assertive rhetoric

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      German inflation jump raises bets on ECB interest rate increases

      Rise in price growth in eurozone’s largest economy triggers speculation of record-high rates

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Deutsche Bundesbank
      Bundesbank warns losses from bond purchases will wipe out buffers

      German central bank acknowledges provisions are unlikely to cover shortfall resulting from holdings of €1tn-worth of debt

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      Recession fears return after German economy shrank 0.4% in fourth quarter

      High inflation drives sharp falls in consumer spending and investment, revised figures show

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      European house prices
      Germany’s biggest house price fall in decades marks end of property boom

      Steep rise in borrowing costs depresses mortgage demand across eurozone

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      German inflation hits five-month low of 9.2%

      Delayed data release may require revision to eurozone figure as end of energy subsidies complicates calculations

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      BMW plans €800mn Mexican EV and battery investment amid subsidies row

      German carmaker’s expansion in San Luis Potosí is among largest announced since US Inflation Reduction Act

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Nikkei Asia
      China Belt and Road dreams fade in Germany’s industrial heartland

      Geopolitical tensions including Beijing’s close ties with Moscow derail Duisburg’s hopes of trade bonanza

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      German economy shrinks as soaring energy costs pinch demand

      Unexpected fourth-quarter contraction shows how hard manufacturing has been hit

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      Ford Motor Co
      Ford plans to slash jobs in Europe, says German union

      Product development roles feared to be heading to US as carmaker adapts to future with electric vehicles

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      German producer price inflation eases to lowest since November 2021

      Annual growth now 21.6%, half last summer’s peak, in sign of waning cost pressures in eurozone’s biggest economy

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      German investors turn positive as recession fears wane

      ZEW indicator beats expectations as fiscal support and Covid-rule relaxation in China offset effect of war in Ukraine

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Fears of recession in Germany ease as economy grows 1.9% in 2022

      State support for consumers and the end of lockdown outweigh impact of war in Ukraine

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      German car industry calls for European policy to counter US subsidies

      Car lobby chief floats creation of EU agency focusing on supply of raw materials

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      German inflation drops more than expected to 9.6%

      Sharp fall, helped by energy subsidies, provides some relief for ECB in its fight against price rises

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Germany’s hot labour market set to trigger more eurozone rate rises

      Post-reunification jobs record highlights threat of wage-price spiral in spite of economic downturn

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Christian Lindner
      A resilient Germany is weathering the energy crunch

      Government measures to encourage lower consumption are market-based and do not interfere with price signals

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      Inside BusinessOlaf Storbeck
      Porsche and the decline of the German stock market

      Carmaker’s €75bn IPO was rare hurrah for Frankfurt exchange short on dynamism and innovation

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Germany
      German anti-money laundering chief resigns amid row over backlog

      Government admits task force was kept in dark about delays in processing reports of suspicious activity

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      The Big Read
      Germany confronts a broken business model

      Can the country’s industrial economy reinvent itself for an era without cheap gas from Russia?

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      News in-depthEuropean economy
      ‘We were too gloomy’: Europe’s business leaders turn more upbeat

      Sentiment picks up after immediate threat of power blackouts recedes

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Eurozone economy
      Eurozone business activity contracts for fifth consecutive month

      Purchasing managers’ index shows signs of improvement in supply chain delays and confidence

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