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Press Releases

On this page you find an overview on our press releases since January 2023.

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13.02.2025 | Press Release 15

Germany’s 2025 federal elections:

The upcoming general election is taking place in the midst of one of the most serious crises in the German economy for decades. The political parties have recognized the economic situation and promise to set appropriate priorities in economic policy for the period after the general election. Interestingly, however, their election manifestos are largely silent on the question of how relief measures should be financed. The Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) takes a closer look at this question in this position paper in order to contribute to the discussion on a possible reform of the debt brake.

 

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10.02.2025 | Press Release 14

HWWI-Commodity Price Index Continues Upward Trend

The HWWI-Commodity Price Index has recorded a significant increase in recent months, continuing its upward trend since October. In the three reporting months from November to January, the index rose by 1.3%, 1.4% and 4.9% respectively. In January, the index was therefore 14% higher than in the same month of the previous year (as of 5 February 2025).

 

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09.12.2024 | Press Release 13

New HWWI Business Cycle Forecast

With the quarrels in the traffic light coalition and its eventual end, uncertainties have increased further in the second half of 2024. Private consumers and above all investors continue to hold back. Following the Federal Statistical Office’s revisions of its first estimates for real gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2nd and 3rd quarters by a total of 0.3 percentage points downwards, the GDP level for 2024 has also declined, so that the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) has lowered its growth forecast for 2024 from +0.2% to -0.2%.