FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Building permits for apartments in Germany fell 31.5% in July from a year earlier, the statistics office disclosed on Monday, highlighting a slump in demand plaguing the construction…
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said at the informal EU finance ministers meeting on Friday that a decision is not expected this week on who…
By Reinhard Becker and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – Imports of Chinese vehicles and parts to Germany jumped 75% in the first half of the year while trade the other…
LAUREL, DE – Delaware State Police have identified Taylor German, 26, of Laurel, Delaware, as the victim in a homicide that occurred on September 10. Authorities are urging anyone with…
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Germany’s economic weakness is casting a flattering light on France’s relative resilience that belies the otherwise middling performance of the euro zone’s second-biggest economy,…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German wholesale prices fell for the fifth month in a row in August due to lower prices for mineral oil products, data from the federal statistics office…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Growth prospects for the German economy will remain meagre in the medium term, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) said on Friday. The production potential…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s DIW economic research institute slightly lowered its 2023 forecast for the German economy on Friday due to a surprisingly weak second quarter. Germany’s economy is now…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Activity in Germany’s services sector contracted in August for the first time this year, a survey showed on Tuesday. The HCOB final services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)…
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – German unemployment rose more than expected in August, showing the first cracks in what had been until now a very resilient labour market. The…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Inflation rose in four of six key German states in August, according to data released on Wednesday, casting doubt on a continuation of a national downward trend.…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German import prices decreased by 13.2% year on year in July, the sharpest drop since January 1987, the statistics office said on Wednesday, mainly due to a…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German consumer sentiment is expected to fall in September, due to declining income expectations and propensity to buy, a GfK institute survey showed on Tuesday. The institute’s…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s main opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, on Sunday ruled out cooperation of any kind with far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) “We don’t work with the AfD,”…
BERLIN (Reuters) -German business morale deteriorated more than expected in August, falling for the fourth month in a row, a survey showed on Friday. The Ifo institute said its business…
BERLIN (Reuters) -A growing number of German companies are facing a shortage of trainees, the DIHK Chambers of Commerce and Industry said on Wednesday, as Germany like other industrialised countries…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Tesla lowered the production target of its German plant to 4,350 a week in July and August after hitting 5,000 a week in March, and plans to…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German business activity contracted at the fastest pace for more than three years in August, a preliminary survey showed on Wednesday. The HCOB German Flash Composite Purchasing…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The downturn in Germany’s residential construction sector intensified in July, according to a survey published on Monday, which showed a record number of companies complaining about dwindling…
By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A Munich-based property developer said on Friday it had filed to open insolvency proceedings with a local court, in the latest sign of stress…
BERLIN (Reuters) – China is losing importance as a market for German exporters, with data showing a steady decline in its share of total exports, a trend set to continue…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German exports stagnated in June, with a smaller than expected rise of 0.1% over the previous month, data from the federal statistics office showed on Thursday. A…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Li-Cycle said on Tuesday it has started operations at its German plant to break down electric-vehicle batteries for recycling, part of the company’s rapid expansion…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The downturn in Germany’s manufacturing sector deepened at the start of the third quarter as goods producers recorded sharper declines in new orders, factory gate prices and…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German inflation looks set to ease slightly in July, data from four economically key German states indicated. Compared with the same month last year, July inflation rates…