Report

Spring Report 2025

– The German economy is in a macroeconomic stagnation since three years. The spring report discusses the opportunities arising from the financial package and barriers to economic growth such as bureaucracy and structural change.

Press Release

Between hope and fear

– The Spring Report 2025 discusses how the funds made available by the fiscal package can be used to promote investment, outlines also how obstacles to growth can be addressed by consistently cutting unnecessary bureaucracy and how Germany can cope with the…

Press Release

Reappointment of Monika Schnitzer to the GCEE

– The Federal Government has proposed to the Federal President the reappointment of Monika Schnitzer to the German Council of Economic Experts until February 2030 and this was approved.

Report

Addressing shortfalls, modernising resolutely

– The German economy continues to stagnate. GDP has grown by only 0.1 % overall in real terms over the past five years. The Annual Report analyses areas in which Germany has failed to resolutely take a path towards modernisation.

Press Release

Closing investment gaps, advancing digital innovation in the financial sector

– The German economy continues to stagnate. Germany's economy thus continues to lag behind internationally. Now is the moment to resolutely push ahead with the modernisation of our country.

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Annual Report 2024/25 to be published on 13 November

– On 13 November 2024, the German Council of Economic Experts will present its Annual Report to the German government.