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

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

German investor morale fell more than expected in August, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday, citing ...

Plans by German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche to end state support for new small solar installations have met with ...

With its aging population, Germany needs migration to maintain its workforce—400,000 new people a year, or more than the ...

“The economy is at a standstill in Germany,” said Siegfried Russwurm, the president of the Federation of German Industries. “We don’t see any chance of a rapid recovery in 2024.” ...

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.

The German economy has been flirting with recession for almost a year. GDP shrank in the final three months of 2022 before stagnating in the first quarter of this year, according to revised data ...

Germany’s economic malaise is spilling over to the other 19 countries that use the euro, with the wider region also at risk of slipping into recession after eking out growth in the second quarter.

France’s economy bounces back, while Germany’s falters under the strain of Omicron. The European Union’s two largest economies diverged in the final quarter of 2021.