In an international comparison of business locations, economics professors gave Germany a grade of just 3.4 (on a scale of 1 to 6, where 1 is the best score).
The German government will
raise its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%, from
0.2% previously, and lower its forecast for inflation by 0.4
percentage points, a source told Reuters on. -April 19, 2024 at 09:24 am EDT
- MarketScreener
A recent survey by the ifo Institute and the Institute for Swiss Economic Policy IWP indicates a silver lining in the global economic clouds, suggesting that worldwide inflation rates are set to dip over the coming years. The Economic Experts Survey, which pooled insights from specialists across 128 countries, anticipates the global inflation rate to drop from 6.2 percent this year to 5.2 percent in 2024 and further slide to 4.5 percent by 2026.