Press Release

Dr. Wolf Heinrich Reuter appointed as new Secretary General

– Effective 1 May 2018, Dr. Wolf Heinrich Reuter was appointed as new secretary general to the German Council of Economic Experts. He succeeds Dr. Jochen Andritzky who served as secretary general since June 2015.

Press Release

Cabinet’s proposal to reappoint Prof. Volker Wieland, Ph.D. to the Council

– The Federal Cabinet today decided to propose the recall of Prof. Wieland to the Federal Council.

By-lined Article

Free trade, now more than ever

– In ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung’, the GCEE explains how the EU should re-spond to the tariff increase on steel and aluminium announced by US-President Donald Trump (in German only).

Forecast

Economic update March 2018

– The German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE) has slightly revised upwards its growth forecast for 2018 and now expects real gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 2.3 % in 2018 and 1.8 % in 2019.

On our behalf

German Council of Economic Experts receives award "Vordenker 2018"

– Yesterday, the German Council of Economic Experts received the award „Vordenker 2018“ in Frankfurt. On behalf of the Council, Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt accepted the award that honors the Council’s work since its foundation in 1963. „We honor the five…

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Towards a forward-looking economic policy - Annual Report 2017/18

– The German Council of Economic Experts has submitted its Annual Report 2017/18 to Chancellor Angela Merkel. The report carries the title: “Towards a forward-looking economic policy”