German businesses are confident about the outlook for Europe's biggest economy, despite China's slowdown and the Volkswagen scandal, a top survey showed Monday, as the Bundesbank also insisted economic growth was still on track.
Consumer confidence in Germany is at its highest in 13.5 years, as the positive economic outlook and low inflation
persuade consumers to open their purses, a poll found on Wednesday.
German business confidence slipped fractionally from its previous high level in May, as the upturn in Europe's biggest economy continues, the Ifo economic institute said Friday.
Germany's public finances were back in the black in 2014, as growth in Europe's biggest economy shifted up a gear at the end of the year, official data showed Tuesday.
German businesses are confident about the outlook for Europe's biggest economy, a new poll showed on Monday, as a weaker euro and falling oil prices are set to boost the country's exporters.
German retailers upgraded on Tuesday their forecast for 2014, saying the robust labour market is filling consumers with festive cheer ahead of the crucial Christmas season.
German business confidence rose for the third month in a row in July, data showed on Thursday, as companies in Europe's top economy appeared to shrug off recession across the eurozone.
Eurozone gloom deepened on Friday with data showing that the debt crisis has pushed business confidence in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, to the lowest level for more than two years.
Business confidence in Germany beat expectations to rise again in April, underlining the resilience of Europe's biggest economy to the long-running debt crisis, data showed on Friday.
Business confidence in Germany rose sharply to a near two-year high in April, the closely watched Ifo index showed Friday, in another sign of recovery in Europe's top economy.
German business confidence is climbing, with companies more optimistic about the economy than they were at the end of last year, a poll released Wednesday has found.
German firms are getting over the recession blues and expect a stabilisation in Europe’s biggest economy after the turmoil of recent months, the closely watched Ifo survey suggested on Monday.
German investor confidence hit a record low point in July, a key survey showed on Tuesday, but analysts skirted any recession forecast as high oil prices and the euro weigh on the economy.
