10.04.2025 • 14/2025
In East Germany, as in the west, the economy is in crisis - Implications of the Joint Economic Forecast Spring 2025 and new data for the East German economy
Professor Dr Oliver Holtemöller
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In 2024, the economy in East Germany shrank by 0.1% and in Germany as a whole by 0.2%. The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) expects stagnation for East Germany in 2025 and growth of 1.1% in 2026. According to the IWH forecast, the unemployment rate is expected to be 7.8% in both 2025 and 2026, after 7.5% in 2024.
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10.04.2025 • 13/2025
Joint Economic Forecast 1/2025: Geopolitical turn intensifies crisis – structural reforms even more urgent
Professor Dr Oliver Holtemöller
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The German economy will continue to tread water in 2025. In their spring report, the leading economic research institutes forecast an increase in gross domestic product of just 0.1% for the current year. For 2026, the institutes expect gross domestic product to increase by 1.3%. In the short term, the new US trade policy and economic policy uncertainty are weighing on the German economy. The additional scope for public debt should gradually have an expansionary effect, but threatens to crowd out private consumption and private investment.
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08.04.2025 • 12/2025
IWH-Tarif-Check: Keine realen Netto-Tariflohnzuwächse für Beschäftigte im Öffentlichen Dienst
Professor Dr Oliver Holtemöller
Birgit Schultz
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Steigende Sozialabgaben und Inflation fressen Gehaltsplus der Beschäftigten bei Bund und Kommunen auf
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08.04.2025 • 11/2025
IWH-Insolvenztrend: Weiterhin Höchststände bei Insolvenzzahlen, Industrie stark betroffen
Professor Dr Steffen Müller
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Wie das Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) in einer heute veröffentlichten Analyse feststellt, ist die Zahl der Insolvenzen von Personen- und Kapitalgesellschaften in Deutschland im März geringfügig gestiegen. Im ersten Quartal 2025 wurde das vergangene Rekordquartal nochmals leicht übertroffen. Am meisten Jobs waren in der Industrie betroffen.
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