According to a study by the EU, which has been published by the Funke Mediengruppe, Germany will have to increase its contribution to the EU budget by €3.8 billion annually after the UK leaves.
German leaders are facing the uncomfortable prospect of cutting budgets despite record tax takes because of the large numbers of refugees arriving in the country.
Germany ran up a record surplus in its public finances in 2015, with Europe's biggest economy showing "solid and consistent" growth last year, the federal statistics office said on Tuesday.
An internal government report seen by Die Welt am Sonntag predicts that Germany will have to take on uncontrollable debt if it doesn’t start making huge budget cuts now.
The government has announced plans to set a €5,000 limit on payments in cash - provoking a furious reaction from politicians, media and public alike.
The construction bill for a new Catholic Church service centre in Munich has reached €130 million, more than triple the original estimate when work began in 2011.
Germany's DZ Bank said on Monday that it would be stopping its business betting on commodity prices, one of the financial world's hotly contested activities, which has been blamed for pushing up staple food prices.
Young Germans are happy to save money for the future rather than spend it on frivolous pursuits in the here and now, as concerns about the country’s economy grow.
Germany’s top court on Tuesday dismissed claims by two German investors for damages for losses they made due to the bankrupt American investment firm Lehman Brothers. The verdict could set a precedent for other investors.
