There are 130,000 "disconnected" young people between the ages 17 and 19 living in Germany. And this percentage is on the rise. Disconnected youths do not receive sufficient financial and emotional support from…
The economic indicator for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) increases by 7.2 points to 35.2 points in May. According to the financial market experts, the CEE region seems to be only marginally affected by the…
The ZEW-CS-Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Switzerland declines by 12.9 points, reaching the 40.5 mark in May 2010. This is revealed by the current Financial Market Test Switzerland, carried out monthly by…
The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg is financing a landmark project at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim to strengthen the economic top level research. In 2010 and 2011, the research…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany drops by 7.2 points in May 2010. The indicator now stands at 45.8 points after 53.0 points in the previous month. This value is well above the indicator’s…
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz, President of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, and Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts, now holds the Heinrich Hertz Guest…
In times of the global financial and economic crisis, the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim continued to have stable profits in the business year 2009. The Annual Report 2009 indicates…
Speculations with credit default swaps (CDS) are suspected to have intensified the Greek debt problem. To make speculations with CDS more difficult in the future, financial market experts are in favour of…
After two years of stagnation, an increase of initial public offerings by firms can currently be noticed. In the time between January and the beginning of March 2010, 200 firms dared to go public. In…