For many mothers, having children leads to a significant drop in income. In the latest episode of the ZEW podcast “Wirklich Wirtschaft,” Dr Lukas Riedel from ZEW's “Inequality and Distribution Policy” research…
Inflation expectations for the eurozone are rising significantly: financial market experts forecast a median inflation rate of 2.7 per cent for 2026 – well above the European Central Bank’s inflation target. In…
Climate policy is increasingly caught between ambitious emission targets and international competitiveness. Rising energy prices, new carbon pricing regimes and industrial policy interventions raise the question…
The war in Iran has now been going on for over two months — and since then, fuel prices have risen sharply in Germany as well. As part of the fuel measures package, it was stipulated that, as of April 1, gas…
Histogram forecasts of inflation and growth from the US Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) allow for an assessment of the evolution of forecast uncertainty. However, this assessment is complicated by…