A shift in perspective is needed – one that honestly assesses where economic protection is justified and where cooperation ...

As Donald Trump pushes ahead with his campaign to transform the way the world does business, Germany is uniquely vulnerable. Trump has harbored a grudge against Germany since his first term in office ...

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The European Central Bank is nearing the end of its interest rate reduction campaign, while India's central bank cut rates ...

Europe’s biggest economy barely avoided recession ... Its famed manufacturing sector faces challenges from Chinese rivals: “Germany’s old macro business model of cheap energy and easily ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday said Germany, Europe's largest economy, was ready to take over a greater leadership ...

And yet Germany’s leaders have struggled to come to grips with the full dimensions of the crisis. The prior government, a three-party coalition helmed by the center-left Social Democratic Party of ...

Germany is the third-largest economy in the world with a nominal ... But Germany faces longer-term serious challenges which push productivity growth downward. As per a research report from the ...

Germany's ruling Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens in particular have bristled at the spending rules at a time when the Ukraine war has stifled growth in Europe's largest economy, unlike their ...

Germany's economic challenges have been underscored by its contraction as the sole advanced economy in 2023, a year marked by inflationary pressures, waning manufacturing output, and ...

Germany's economic recession and the onset of winter are having a negative impact on the labor market. Germany's Federal Employment Agency (BA) published data for December on unemployment figures.

The election took place amid stagnant economic growth and structural challenges. With CSU leader Friedrich Merz securing 28.6% of the vote, he is now set to form Germany’s next coalition ...