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    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      The best books of the week
      Germany’s chaotic year: 1923 and the lessons for today

      Crisis bred crisis in the Weimar Republic. On the centenary of the turbulent period, two books offer a reminder of the vigilance required to sustain democracy

    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      German companies must cut exposure to China, warns Bundesbank

      Central bank says operations susceptible to trade disruption as foreign minister backs Brussels’ electric vehicle probe

      Containers piled up in the harbor in Hamburg, Germany
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      EU business regulation
      Germany pushes to exempt SMEs from green reporting rules

      Berlin seeks to shield some of its smaller companies from EU sustainability obligations

      Women in blue coats working at a bench
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Shipping
      Smaller boats help Rhine shipowners overcome mounting problem of drought

      Family businesses turn to nimbler vessels that can operate when water levels are low

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Gloom spreads through German manufacturing

      Disruptions compound longer-term structural problems including labour shortages and a lack of investment

      Machine tool maker Heller’s headquarters in Nürtingen
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
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      IPO within Arm’s reach

      BP’s chief executive Bernard Looney resigns

    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      Berlin considers stake in Thyssenkrupp marine unit to accelerate spin-off

      Scale of orders poses challenge to interested private equity groups

      The two men stand in front of a large image of a submarine under water, alongside a Thyssenkrupp logo
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      German builders warn of crisis as they scrap record number of projects

      Proportion of construction groups reporting a lack of new orders surged to 44.2% in August

      A construction worker in Berlin
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Germany’s industrial gloom deepens as production falls

      Sharp decline in carmaking drives third consecutive drop, as second-quarter eurozone growth is revised down to 0.1%

      A Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Germany
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Scholz vows to cut bureaucracy as economic woes mount

      Chancellor calls for a pact between government, federal states, municipalities and the opposition

      Olaf Scholz in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany on September 6 2023
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      German business urges help for crisis-hit building industry

      Rising rates, skills shortages and inflation have pushed developers into insolvency

    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      Reviving the German economy Premium content

      The ‘sick man of Europe’ label made its debut in 1998 but it seems overdone to apply it today

      Ben Hickey illustration of a brown bear with one of its hind legs caught in a steel bear trap - howling in pain.
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      Sticky inflation in Germany and Spain lifts investor bets on ECB rate rise

      Prices in Germany rose 6.4% in the year to August, a smaller than expected dip from 6.5% in July

      A customer waits to pay with cash at a food market in Berlin, Germany
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Advertising
      German TV boss attacks ‘ideological’ plan to curb junk food ads

      Thomas Rabe says companies must not be ‘burdened with bureaucracy’ at time of angst for national economy

      Thomas Rabe
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Germany rejects subsidies for energy-intensive industries

      Business groups say country’s competitiveness is at stake, warning lack of support could spark exodus

      man wearing hard hat walks through factory
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      Industrials
      Energy fears spur German industrials to seek investments abroad

      Annual business survey finds concern over country’s future without Russian gas

      Electric tram lines in a residential area near the Leuna refinery in Germany
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      German coalition agrees €7bn corporate tax relief package

      Move aimed at reviving economy and polishing image of coalition weakened by months of squabbling

      Olaf Scholz, Robert Habeck and Christian Lindner
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      German wages rise at record pace in second quarter

      Increase of 6.6% boosts consumer spending power but fuels concern about inflationary pressures

      Shoppers on the Tauentzienstrasse, Berlin, Germany
    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      Germany’s ruling party plans to curb rent increases

      SPD set to unveil measures to tackle soaring costs facing tenants, says senior lawmaker

      A block of apartments in Berlin
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      German businesses’ confidence falls as economy stagnates

      Closely watched Ifo poll shows broad-based downturn in sentiment as statisticians confirm no growth in the second quarter

      An employee works at a German gear manufacturing company
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Eurozone economy
      Falling eurozone business activity raises doubts over ECB’s next move

      Economists and investors increasingly think central bank will hold interest rates in September

      A Thyssenkrupp blast furnace in Germany
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Eurozone inflation
      German producer prices fall at fastest pace since 2009

      ECB likely to raise rates in September as core cost pressures remain strong, say economists

      People walk towards the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      German minister proposes tougher rules on Chinese foreign direct investment

      Deputy chancellor urges stricter controls on overseas groups’ operations in critical sectors such as semiconductors and AI

      Germany’s deputy chancellor Robert Habeck, pictured in June 2022
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Explainer
      Can Germany fix its economy?

      Ukraine war, higher rates and sluggish trade aggravate longstanding structural problems in EU powerhouse

      A montage of workers fixing a Volkswagen vehicle overlaid with fluctuating red and blue lines
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Global Economy
      Germany: Willkommen to normality?

      Nicht gut, but nicht that bad either

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