Germany’s economy faces deepening recession as the EU–US trade agreement, high energy costs, and rigid climate policies accelerate industrial decline.

Germany’s economic sentiment fell sharply in August, with the ZEW index dropping to 34.7 as experts reacted negatively to the ...

Economists in Germany say the new government's lack of structural reforms, particularly to curb pensions costs, poses long ...

This is the just-released first estimate of German GDP growth in the second quarter. After a surge of 0.4% Q-o-Q in the first quarter, the German economy shrank by 0.1% in the second. On the year, the ...

German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche believes that social security systems in Germany are under pressure. The Christian Democrat (CDU) politician said after a company visit in the western city of ...

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens have rejected calls for benefit cuts from leading economic expert Veronika Grimm, ...

Europe’s economy barely grew in the April-June quarter as frantic earlier efforts to ship goods ahead of new U.S. tariffs went into reverse and the continent’s biggest economy, Germany, shrank ...

Confidence was buffeted by disillusion over the EU’s trade deal with the U.S. and Germany’s weaker-than-expected economic ...

Germany's economy fell back into recessionary territory in the second quarter, as the positive frontloading effects in the early part of the year was undone by "the first full-blown impact of U.S.

For decades, Germany has relied on manufacturing and exports – a model that made it the world’s third largest economy. But that model is breaking down, and the country’s leaders are offering ...

Germany, the most auto-centric of the European Union economies, had the most to lose from China's export-oriented industrial policy. In 2020, China was not a net exporter of vehicles; by 2024, it ...

The German economy shrank unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, marking the second quarter of contraction that is one definition of recession. High inflation hit consumer spending.