22.06.2023 • 16/2023
Revival in service sectors, but industrial activity remains weak for the time being
After the recession during winter, the German economy will expand at a moderate pace in the coming quarters and despite higher interest rates, as private consumption will pick up again with slowly declining inflation and increased wage momentum. In its summer forecast, the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) expects gross domestic product to decline by 0.3% in 2023, while growth of 1.7% is forecast for the coming year.
Oliver Holtemöller
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Media contacts before Joint Economic Forecast Autumn 2023
Media contacts before the publication of the Joint Economic Forecast Autumn 2023 from Oliver Holtemöller, September 7, 2023 Dear all, During the three weeks before the publication…
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Media contacts before Joint Economic Forecast Spring 2022
Media contacts before the publication of the Joint Economic Forecast Spring 2022 from Oliver Holtemöller, March 19, 2022 Dear all, During the four weeks before the publication of…
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Media contacts before Joint Economic Forecast Autumn 2022
Media contacts before the publication of the Joint Economic Forecast Autumn 2022 from Oliver Holtemöller, September 12, 2022 Dear all, During the three weeks before the…
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IWH-Flash-Indikator II. Quartal und III. Quartal 2023
Katja Heinisch, Oliver Holtemöller, Axel Lindner, Birgit Schultz
IWH-Flash-Indikator,
No. 2,
2023
Abstract
Im ersten Quartal 2023 stagnierte die Wirtschaftsleistung in Deutschland. Die Konsumausgaben der privaten Haushalte und des Staates gingen zum Jahresbeginn zurück. Vor allem die hohe Inflation, die im ersten Quartal durch besonders kräftige Preisanstiege bei Lebensmitteln gekennzeichnet war, belastete das Budget der Konsumenten. Die Unternehmen konnten dagegen von gestiegenen Exporten profitieren, und sie weiteten ihre Investitionen aus. Allerdings verhinderte der hohe Krankenstand im Winter 2022/2023 eine kräftigere Belebung. Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) wird laut IWH-Flash-Indikator im zweiten Quartal 2023 nur leicht um knapp 0,2% zulegen. Im dritten Quartal beträgt der Zuwachs dann gemäß Indikator 0,3% (vgl. Abbildung 1).
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05.04.2023 • 9/2023
East German economy has come through energy crisis well so far – Implications of the Joint Economic Forecast Spring 2023 and new data for the East German economy
In 2022, the East German economy expanded by 3.0%, significantly stronger than the economy in West Germany (1.5%). The background is a more robust development of labour and retirement incomes. For 2023, the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) forecasts a higher GDP growth rate of 1% in East Germany than in Germany as a whole (0.3%). The unemployment rate is expected to stagnate, with 6.8% in 2023 and 6.7% in the following year.
Oliver Holtemöller
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05.04.2023 • 8/2023
Stubborn Core Inflation – Time for Supply Side Policies
The leading economic research institutes have raised their forecast for growth in German economic output in the current year to 0.3%. In the fall, they were still expecting a decline of 0.4%. “The economic setback in the winter half-year 2022/2023 is likely to have been less severe than feared in the fall. The main reason for this is a smaller loss of purchasing power as a result of a significant drop in energy prices,” says Timo Wollmershäuser, Head of Forecasts at ifo. Nevertheless, the rate of inflation will fall only slowly from 6.9% last year to 6.0% this year.
Oliver Holtemöller
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14.03.2023 • 7/2023
Gas storages full – economic outlook less gloomy
The severe slump in the German economy expected last fall has not materialised because gas supply stabilises. However, due to high inflation, higher real interest rates and declining real incomes, the economy is likely to remain weak. In its spring forecast, the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) expects production to grow by just 0.4% in 2023, and inflation to remain high at 5.8%.
Oliver Holtemöller
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