The political conditions for growth are currently dominated by increased uncertainty; this is particularly weighing on investment activity and slowing down the global economy. DIW Berlin is lowering its forecast slightly for this year and the next to 4.1 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively. However, global expansion appears to remain intact. In developed economies, primarily the good labor market ...
Compared to last year, the German economy is weakening noticeably. Orders from abroad are decreasing and domestic companies are holding back on investments. However, capacity utilization remains high—also because the government will boost the incomes of private households next year. However, above all, incomes are rising noticeably due to the positive situation in the labor market: the unemployment ...
Die politischen Rahmenbedingungen der weltwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung sind derzeit durch vielfache Unsicherheiten geprägt; dies lastet insbesondere auf der Investitionstätigkeit und bremst die globale Konjunktur. Das DIW Berlin reduziert seine Prognose für das laufende und das kommende Jahr daher leicht auf 4,1 Prozent beziehungsweise 3,9 Prozent. Der globale Aufschwung scheint aber weithin intakt. ...
Im Vergleich zum vergangenen Jahr schwächt sich die deutsche Konjunktur merklich ab. Die Bestellungen aus dem Ausland sinken und die heimischen Unternehmen halten sich mit Investitionen zurück. Die Kapazitäten bleiben jedoch stark ausgelastet – auch weil im kommenden Jahr die Regierung die Einkommen der privaten Haushalte anschiebt. Aber vor allem steigen die Einkommen wegen der guten Lage am Arbeitsmarkt ...
The paper estimates the dynamic impact of structural oil market shocks on the balance sheet of US firms, using industry level data covering manufacturing, trade and mining sectors. For manufacturing firms, findings indicate that an unexpected disruption in oil supply that raises oil prices by 1% lowers firm profits by 1.3% on impact. On the other hand, profits rise by 0.39% in response to the same ...
This Data Documentation presents the second version of the Global Energy System Model (GENeSYSMOD), an open-source energy system modeling framework. The model endogenously determines costoptimal investment paths into conventional and renewable energy generation, different storage technologies, and some infrastructure investments in five-year steps until 2050. GENeSYS-MOD hereby focuses on the coupling ...
