German Economy Expected to Cool in 2008
690097
"Growth will slow down, due to increased global risk"  Germany's economy minister and a leading economic institute said Wednesday they expect 2008 growth to cool amid rising food and oil prices and fallout from the U.S. subprime mortgage loan crisis.Economy Minster Michael Glos was quoted by the mass-circulation Bild daily as saying the government was scaling back its forecast for 2008 to just under 2 percent. He did not give an exact figure.The Berlin-based DIW economic institute said it expected gross domestic product to expand by 2.1 percent in the coming year, following growth of at least 2.4 percent in 2007. Read more
89970
BERLIN - German investor confidence dropped sharply in September, a key economic indicator released Tuesday showed amid concerns about the impact of high oil prices on consumer demand and the outlook for the global economy.
405085
Consumer sentiment in Germany, the biggest economy in the eurozone, is declining as expected as a result of the steep rise in value-added or sales tax (VAT) introduced at the beginning of this year, a poll showed on Monday.
470735
The German government has said surging oil prices are on track to cut economic growth by about 0.25% this year. Economy Minister Wolfgang Clement said on Monday that the government expected growth of 1.8% this year, falling to 1.7% in 2005.
240094
German economic data released Wednesday painted a mixed picture of the health of Europe's biggest economy, with analysts predicting a slowdown but of unknown proportions.
89512
Germans enter the New Year with half of them worrying about economic prospects, a survey reported on Thursday.
103
Business confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, falls to its lowest level in more than a year.
596599
Growth of the German economy is set to halve in the fourth quarter of this year from third-quarter performance mainly because of a slowdown in the construction sector, a top economic think-tank has said.
166123
FRANKFURT : Germany, the biggest eurozone economy, risks running foul of the EU's tight budget rules again next year, even if Berlin insists it will be able to meet its deficit commitments in 2005, the ...
655858
BERLIN  - Germany's leading economic institutes on Tuesday raised their growth forecast for the country this year to 1.8 per cent, but predicted that the recovery in Europe's largest economy would slow next year amid slowing export growth and high oil prices.
327507
BERLIN : The German economy, which grew strongly in the first half of this year on the back of robust exports, will see a slowdown next year as a result of the braking effects of runaway oil prices and a ...
73950
German business confidence posted a surprise gain in January, a key survey showed Thursday, amid worries that the US economy was heading into a recession.
425477
FRANKFURT The German economy slowed in the third quarter, the government said Thursday, amid signs that the rise in the euro is taking a toll on exports.
758405
Germany's fragile recovery slowed in the third quarter as exports slipped, with Europe's biggest economy growing by just 0.1 percent, according to government figures released Thursday that underlined concerns ...
364701
Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a 2007 budget that foresees trimming the deficit to comply with European Union rules, and the finance minister said Berlin likely would hit the target this year.
542112
Germany has again lowered its 2008 economic growth forecast and hatched a plan to fend off a possible global recession, Der Spiegel magazine reported in its issue to be released Monday.
431733
Germany&#39;s economy is still on the mend despite an unexpectedly sharp slowdown in growth over the summer, the country&#39;s central bank said Monday, predicting that exports would rise in the fourth quarter.