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You are here:HomepagePublicationsAnnual & Spring ReportsAnnual Reports and Spring ReportsAnnual Report 2016/17

The German Council of Economic Experts today submitted its Annual Report 2016/17 to Chancellor Angela Merkel. The report carries the title: "Time for Reforms".

Annual Report 2016/17

"Time for Reforms"

Released on 02 November 2016

Executive summary (PDF)

Chapter 1: Economic policy: Time for Reforms (PDF)

Chapter 2: Global economy: Risk of overburdening monetary policy (PDF)

Chapter 3: Germany: Expansionary monetary policy drives growth above potential (PDF)

Chapter 4: Brexit vote: Averting damage, strengthening Europe through subsidiarity (PDF)

Chapter 5: Low interest rates not appropriate for either euro area or Germany (PDF)

Chapter 6: European banking system unstable, reforms must continue (PDF)

Chapter 7: Pension provision: Strengthen the three pillar model (PDF)

Chapter 8: Influx of refugees: Integration as a key challenge (PDF)

Chapter 9: No surrender to entrenched unemployment (PDF)

Chapter 10: High redistribution, low mobility (PDF)

Chapter 11: The energy transition (Energiewende): Shifting towards a global climate policy (PDF)

Chapter 12: Transformation in China harbours risks (PDF)

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