Creditreform, IfM Bonn, KfW Bankengruppe, RWI and ZEW published their annual report on economic and structure issues of small and medium-sized enterprises. It shows that SMEs have more optimism for the new…
Consumers will have to budget for rising oil, gas and electricity prices. This is the finding of the Energy Market Barometer carried out by the Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW).
Germany is at the risk of losing its status as an international location for research and innovation. For several years, Germany has been unable to keep pace with international dynamics of expanding innovation.…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany stabilised at a high level in January. The indicator now stands at +72.9 points compared with +73.4 points in last year's December.
Service providers in the information industry overwhelmingly use overtime and short-time work as a solution for cyclical and seasonal changes in demand. Theoretical judgements, as well as actual implementation,…
From now on the ZEW will be releasing a quarterly sentiment indicator for the IT-related service providers. The new indicator, ZEW-IDI, is based upon the ZEW/Creditreform business survey among enterprises that…
On January 7, 2004, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz, President of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, will celebrate his 60th birthday
2003 proved a good year for investors in German standard stocks. In fact, the DAX (German stock index) rose by a whopping 30 per cent since the beginning of the year.
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany increased considerably in December. The indicator now stands at +73.4 points compared with +67.2 points in November.