02.10.2019 • 21/2019

Thanks to robust domestic demand, the impact of the manufacturing sector on East Germany is less severe than in the west – Implications of the Autumn 2019 Joint Economic Forecast and official regional data for the eastern German economy

In its autumn report, the Joint Economic Forecast Project Group states that the German economy has cooled further in the current year. The manufacturing sector is the main reason for the economic weakness. This affects the economy in East Germany as well.

08.04.2020 • 6/2020

The economic slump caused by the corona pandemic is likely to be somewhat less severe in East Germany than in the West ‒ Implications of the Spring 2020 Joint Economic Forecast and official regional data for the East German economy

14.10.2020 • 22/2020

Economic slump in East Germany not as severe as in Germany as a whole ‒ Implications of the Joint Economic Forecast and new data for East Germany

The German economy started recovering quickly after the drastic pandemic-related slump in spring 2020. The recovery, however, loses much of its momentum in the second half of the year. The Joint Economic Forecast predicts that production levels seen before the crisis will not be reached again until the second half of 2021. In principle, the East German economy is following this pattern, although the economic slump is likely to be somewhat milder.

15.04.2021 • 12/2021

Economy in East Germany shrank less than in the West, but will have weaker momentum when pandemic disappears – Implications of the Joint Economic Forecast Spring 2021 and new data for East Germany

At 3%, the increase in gross domestic product in eastern Germany in 2021 is likely to be lower than in Germany as a whole (3.7%), as the slump due to the pandemic was smaller in 2020. In the course of the economic recovery in the second half of the year, the unemployment rate is expected to fall slightly.

10.06.2021 • 15/2021

Mehr Ausgaben für Beamtenpensionen – deutlich höhere Versorgungs-Steuerquoten dennoch nur bei Gemeinden erwartet

Die Finanzierung der Pensionen von Beamten, Richtern und Soldaten ist bis 2080 weniger problematisch als die Finanzlage der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung. Wie aus einer Studie des Leibniz-Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) hervorgeht, wird sich der Anteil der Versorgungsausgaben für Beamtenpensionen an den Steuereinnahmen für Bund und Länder nicht deutlich erhöhen – vorausgesetzt, dass mit rückläufiger Bevölkerung auch die Anzahl der Beamten reduziert wird und das zahlenmäßige Verhältnis von Beamten zur Bevölkerung insgesamt nicht steigt.