Recipients of unemployment benefits II who are assisted by consortiums (ARGEs) are more likely to start a job covering their expenses. Licensed municipal institutions, however, are more successful in increasing…
The leading indices of the German and US stock markets, Dax and Dow Jones, will recover somewhat next year. This is the result of a survey among 250 financial market experts conducted by the Centre for European…
In early December, the European Union passed a regulation stipulating that new cars’ CO2 emissions be lowered by 12 grams/km by 2015. Today, a stricter goal as of 2020 is already being discussed. This is a…
The recession does not stop at Germany’s borders, and many Germans have lost their jobs. In times of economic weakness, employers blame applicants’ unemployment on the economic situation, instead of blaming…
The sentiment indicator for Central and Eastern Europe which shows the economic expectations of the financial market experts surveyed by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, supported by…
The Financial Market Test Switzerland, carried out by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in cooperation with Credit Suisse, revealed in December that economic prospects brightened up just a little…
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany increased in December 2008 by 8.3 points. The indicator now stands at minus 45.2 points after minus 53.5 points in the previous month. This is still well…
The German transport sector has to face a considerably lower transport volume in the next six months. In general, however, lower transport prices are not expected. Experts rather await that the price…
