The research group said the economy would shrink 0.1% this year, and only grow 0.4% in 2025, unless the government implemented pro-growth policies.

The incoming president’s trade policies are a major threat to Germany’s economic model. The US is Germany’s biggest customer, buying €158bn (£131.8bn) of the country’s exports last year.

Germany needs "reliable economic policy decisions" to achieve sustained growth, a leading economic institute said on Thursday. The Munich-based ifo Institute said gross domestic product (GDP ...

Germany has officially introduced a significant infrastructure fund and exempted defense spending above 1% of GDP from debt limits. The measures are intended to mitigate economic stagnation and ...

Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has not seen significant growth in the past two years. On Friday, the economy recorded 0.1 percent growth from July to September, but it is forecast to ...

The economic situation in Germany was good not because of, but in spite of her policies. She benefited from the market reforms and tax cuts implemented by her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder.

Berlin brought down its 2025 economic growth forecast from 1.1% to 0.3%. A government report cited the collapse of the government as the main reason.

Germany's prospective fiscal U-turn could prove transformational for the country's struggling economy and European defense. Leaders of the likely incoming coalition government on Tuesday announced ...

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 ...

When the German government collapsed earlier this month, clashes within the former ruling coalition about economic and budget policy were widely cited as a key factor — with the country's debt ...

The government has been dissolved, new elections are due, and Germany is widely seen as needing to recalibrate its foreign policy in the Middle East and its economic policies at home “There is ...