German enterprises spent EUR 145 billion on innovations in 2014. The German economy was thus able to match the high level achieved in the previous year (2013: EUR 145.2 billion) with…
The basic social security benefit in Germany, known as the "normal requirement" ("Regelbedarf"), often does not suffice to pay for electricity costs. The gap between normal…
Professor Fuest, President of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), comments today's ECB decision: "The ECB was right to decide against an extension of monthly asset…