In April, Germany's most prominent leading indicator, the Ifo index, improved against all odds, coming in at 86.9 from 86.7 in March. The small improvement was driven by a strong increase in the ...

Germany's Ifo business barometer was stagnant in January, bucking predictions of a slight improvement. A dip in confidence in the service sector put the brakes on improved sentiments in other ...

The DAX declined by 0.49% on Monday. Partially reversing a 0.95% gain from Friday, the DAX ended the session at 16,622. On Monday, the German and Eurozone economies were in the spotlight. German ...

Germany’s long-awaited cyclical upswing took a hit in March, as the war in the Middle East has blasted away optimism. This is at least what the just released Ifo index is telling us. Coming from the ...

Despite today's Ifo index increase, the risk of yet another year of stagnation is still alive and kicking. The scale of Germany’s announced fiscal stimulus – €500bn for infrastructure and a ‘whatever ...