German economy

Germany unveils €45.8 billion in corporate tax breaks to supercharge stagnant economy

Germany unveils €45.8 billion in corporate tax breaks to supercharge stagnant economy

By AFP

June 4, 2025

German growth hits 0.4% in Q1, double the forecast as pre-tariff exports surge

German growth hits 0.4% in Q1, double the forecast as pre-tariff exports surge

By AFP

May 23, 2025

German economy gets yet another downgrade as government projects zero growth this year

German economy gets yet another downgrade as government projects zero growth this year

By Louis van Boxel-Woolf and AFP

April 25, 2025

Dominik Asam, Chief Financial Officer at SAP, will be speaking on stage at the Digital Life Design (DLD) innovation conference at the House of Communication in Munich (Bavaria) on January 17, 2025. DLD is a conference on internet trends and developments in digitalization.

CFO of SAP, Europe’s most valuable company, hopes trade war is a ‘wake-up call’ for the continent

April 24, 2025

Armin Papperger, Chairman of the Executive Board (CEO) of Rheinmetall AG, during the annual press conference on March 12, 2025 in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Rheinmetall CEO expects order book to balloon by 450% amid Germany military boom

April 17, 2025

Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), at a general election campaign rally in Dresden, Germany, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Merz, whose CDU/CSU coalition is leading polls by double digits, upended the election campaign Wednesday by accepting votes from the nationalist Alternative for Germany to pass a hard-line migration resolution through parliament.

Germany topples giant ‘Zero’ monument symbolizing fiscal prudence as new government embraces debt

April 11, 2025

A worker sweeps the floor on the production line at the Skoda Auto AS manufacturing plant in Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic, on Monday, June 19, 2023. Volkswagen AG is set to outline broad plans to lift returns across its stable of mass-market brands as the carmaker seeks savings in the costly transition to electric cars.

The Czech Republic, and its quiet automotive giant Skoda, are bucking an economic downturn unfolding in its crucial ally Germany

April 3, 2025

German auto woes deepen: Audi to cut 7,500 jobs by 2029 amid rising Chinese competition and EV slowdown

German auto woes deepen: Audi to cut 7,500 jobs by 2029 amid rising Chinese competition and EV slowdown

By AFP

March 18, 2025

A view of a Leopard 2 tank at a production line as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Defence Minister Boris Pistorius attend the groundbreaking ceremony for a new munitions factory of German defence contractor Rheinmetall on February 12, 2024 in Unterluess, Germany. The war in Ukraine has been a boon to Rheinmetall as Germany seeks to provide Ukraine with munitions, including artillery shells, and also increase its own supply.

Germany’s biggest weapons contractor—now worth more than Volkswagen—could literally be moving onto carmaker’s turf

March 13, 2025

German designated chancellor and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Friedrich Merz speaks to the media the day after the Hamburg city-state election on March 03, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Merz is under pressure to negotiate the formation of the next federal government coalition quickly in order to help strengthen Europe's position over defence and its relationship to the USA.

‘Germany is back’: Coalition unveils bumper $1.3 trillion spending pledge as country breaks with constitution to revive economy

March 5, 2025

Joachim Nagel, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, during a Bloomberg Television interview following the presentation of the Bundesbank's 2024 Annual Report in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. German parties should quickly form a new government after Sunday's election, to help prevent the economy failing to expand for a third straight year, according to Nagel.

It’s 5 minutes to midnight for Germany’s economy, Bundesbank chief warns after central bank’s first loss in 45 years

February 26, 2025

Shot of a young businesswoman at work blowing her nose

German bosses are blaming the country’s economic woes on ‘work-shy’ Gen Z calling in sick nearly 20 times a year

February 25, 2025

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), the SPD's lead candidate for the 2025 federal election, visits the Samson AG construction site as part of the federal election campaign.

Germany stuck in ‘deep economic crisis’ as major industry lobby predicts longest downturn since 1990 reunification

January 28, 2025

A subway train on line U1 arrives at Hallerstraße subway station.

German corporate distress racing towards pandemic-level highs this year

January 16, 2025

Visitors look at truck applications on the Robert Bosch GmbH booth at the IAA Transportation fair in Hannover, Germany, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The commercial vehicle exhibition runs until Sept. 22.

Manufacturing giant Bosch, blighted by German economy, turns to U.S. with multimillion-dollar bet on first-ever Super Bowl ad

January 8, 2025

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