Press Release

Ger­man econ­omy re­silient de­spite shut­down: fur­ther re­cov­ery ex­pected in sum­mer

– Ger­many re­mains firmly in the grip of the coro­n­avirus pan­demic. The econ­omy has proved to be fairly re­silient. It is likely to re­turn to a path of re­cov­ery as the vac­ci­na­tion cam­paign is ac­cel­er­ated, the pan­demic is con­tained and re­stric­tions are eased.

By-lined Article

Ex­ten­sive in­vest­ments in ed­u­ca­tion

– In a by-​lined ar­ti­cle in a na­tional news­pa­per, the GCEE dis­cusses the costs of the Coro­n­avirus pandemic-​related learn­ing de­lays and the need for swift and com­pre­hen­sive ini­tia­tives in ed­u­ca­tion (in Ger­man only).

On our behalf

Up­dated Eco­nomic Out­look for 2021 and 2022

– On 17 March 2021, the Ger­man Coun­cil of Eco­nomic Ex­perts will pub­lish an up­dated eco­nomic out­look for 2021 and 2022.

Event

Na­tional Pro­duc­tiv­ity Di­a­logue 2021

– The Na­tional Pro­duc­tiv­ity Di­a­logue was held this year for the sec­ond time and as a vir­tual event. The re­sults of the Pro­duc­tiv­ity Re­port were dis­cussed in three panel dis­cus­sions on in­no­va­tion, dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion and in­dus­trial pol­icy.

By-lined Article

Util­is­ing the cri­sis for dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion

– In a by-​lined ar­ti­cle in the news­pa­per ‘Han­dels­blatt’, the GCEE de­scribes that the Coro­n­avirus cri­sis should be utilised for dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion, es­pe­cially to in­crease pro­duc­tiv­ity and growth in Ger­many (in Ger­man only).

Press Release

Pro­duc­tiv­ity Growth Through In­no­va­tion: Ad­vanc­ing Dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion

– The coro­n­avirus pan­demic has trig­gered a surge in dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion, at the same time, deficits have be­come ap­par­ent. The GCEE analy­ses in its an­nual na­tional pro­duc­tiv­ity re­port the fac­tors and con­di­tions for pro­duc­tiv­ity growth and com­pet­i­tive­ness.