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September 13, 2017

Environmental aspects do not play a key role in car purchase decisions

Region:
Germany
Chart in Focus
Topic:
Sectors and resources
Analyst:
Eric Heymann, Jakob Lahrsow
Germans who want to buy a new car tend to focus on three issues: the price, the degree of comfort and security aspects. That is the conclusion of authors of the latest Aral car buying trends study. While environmental considerations now play a larger role – their importance rose by 5 pp, to 25%, in comparison to the 2015 survey – they still rank only 11th in the list of influencing factors and come behind aspects such as ergonomics or brand image. This appears somewhat surprising, particularly against the background of the heated discussions about excessive diesel car emissions (nitrogen oxides) in the last few months. [more]
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August 14, 2017

Budgetary relief and debt dampening effect from the low interest rate environment: Not only a German phenomenon!

Region:
Europe
Chart in Focus
Topic:
Macroeconomics
Analyst:
Sebastian Becker
Yields on German government debt securities have fallen rapidly in the aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis and provided a considerable relief to the public sector budget. At the moment, federal government securities have negative yields for maturities up to 6 years and the yield on 10 year German Bunds stands at just roughly 0.4%. [more]
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May 24, 2017

Above-average pay in export sectors

Region:
Germany
Chart in Focus
Topic:
Economic and european policy, Macroeconomics, Sectors and resources
Analyst:
Eric Heymann
The traditional German export sectors pay their employees above-average wages and salaries. The top right-hand quadrant of the chart shows those sectors that generated a foreign trade surplus in 2016 and also paid their employees gross wages and salaries above the average for the manufacturing sector as a whole. In the automotive industry alone, the foreign trade surplus in 2016 was EUR 122 billion (39% of the total surplus). Wages and salaries in this sector were 27% higher than the industry mean. Mechanical engineering took second place in terms of foreign trade surplus (2016: EUR 94 billion). [more]
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April 4, 2017

Are Europeans facing an identity crisis?

Region:
Europe
Chart in Focus
Topic:
Economic and european policy
Analyst:
Barbara Boettcher, Matthias Dincher
In the current debate about the future of the EU, politicians as well as the media are warning of a tendency by member states to shift their focus back to their own national interests and of a subsequent loss of significance of the EU. Are policymakers reacting to actual changes in the attitudes of EU citizens or is there an underlying perception issue here? [more]
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February 22, 2017

ECB unimpressed by the rise in inflation – for now

Region:
Europe
Chart in Focus
Topic:
Macroeconomics
Analyst:
Jochen Moebert
The headline inflation rates, which have increased substantially in recent months, have rekindled the debate surrounding the ECB's bond-buying programme. German producer prices have also risen sharply in recent times. In December 2016, the prices of metal (up by 5% on December 2015) and energy (up by 10%) increased particularly sharply. Nevertheless, the remaining inputs (weighting: 83.6%) continued to show no inflationary pressure at all. [more]
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August 24, 2016

German industry: growth in employment likely to end

Region:
Germany
Chart in Focus
Topic:
Economic and european policy, Macroeconomics, Sectors and resources
Analyst:
Eric Heymann
The manufacturing sector is one of Germany's biggest employers. On average, more than 5.2 million people were working in manufacturing in the first half of 2016. This represents an increase of 6.3% compared with the beginning of 2005 – and comes in spite of the deep recession of 2008/2009. In the period under review, job growth was particularly strong in mechanical engineering, the food industry, the rubber and plastics industry, and the metals industry. Expansion of employment in German industry has slowed recently, however. Because of the low rate of global growth and muted investment activity, employment in the industrial sector is likely to stagnate up to 2017 – albeit at a high level. [more]
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August 5, 2016

EU Regional Policy: Changes after Brexit?

Region:
Europe
Chart in Focus
Topic:
Brexit, Economic and european policy
Analyst:
Laura Rosenberger, Patricia Wruuck
The mid-term review of the EU’s multiannual financial framework 2014-2020 is scheduled for the end of 2016. The scenario of a Brexit taking effect in the upcoming years and the potential impact thereof might well be discussed as part of the review. However, given current uncertainties about timing and circumstances of the UK leaving the European Union, it is still too early to fully adapt accounts. Yet, two things seem certain for the time being: First, a Brexit taking effect during the second half of the budgetary planning period would certainly prompt the need for further adjustments. Second, it would also affect funding for regional and cohesion policy as one of the largest EU budgetary items. [more]
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