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The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany stabilised at a high level in January. The indicator now stands at +72.9 points compared with +73.4 points in last year's December.

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Service providers in the information industry overwhelmingly use overtime and short-time work as a solution for cyclical and seasonal changes in demand. Theoretical judgements, as well as actual implementation, indicate that this instrument is among 15 other measures, which might be used by businesses to deal with changes in demand in the first instance.

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From now on the ZEW will be releasing a quarterly sentiment indicator for the IT-related service providers. The new indicator, ZEW-IDI, is based upon the ZEW/Creditreform business survey among enterprises that belong to this sector.

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On January 7, 2004, Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Franz, President of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim, will celebrate his 60th birthday

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2003 proved a good year for investors in German standard stocks. In fact, the DAX (German stock index) rose by a whopping 30 per cent since the beginning of the year.

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The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany increased considerably in December. The indicator now stands at +73.4 points compared with +67.2 points in November.

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Highly qualified employees receive higher wage mark-ups after having completed further training than employees with lower qualifications.

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The third stage of tax reform significantly decreases the effective tax burden to which businesses are subject for the employment of highly qualified workers. Whilst a business must currently pay around EUR 191,000 in order that a highly qualified worker has a salary of more than EUR 100,000 following tax, subsequent to reform, a business will only have to pay EUR 174,000.

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Second progress report concerning economic developments in East Germany, produced by various economic institutes (ZEW, DIW; LAB; IfW, IWH) on behalf of the Federal government.

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The current discussion on the constitutionality of speculation tax, has reignited the debate on the taxation of private capital gains. It is now being considered whether a comprehensive retention tax on interest, dividends and capital gains should be introduced. The Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) has analysed this scenario in a recent study.

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