Interview of September 13, 2016
Dr. Fichtner, Germany’s economic development has become less stable overall. How long will it remain this way?
Our prognosis for 2017 has changed quite a bit since June: we now predict that the Brexit decision will have a significant negative impact on growth, and have thus lowered the projected growth rate from 1.4 percent to 1 percent. Growth will turn out to be slightly higher than previously expected in 2016, however, since the year started off with an upswing. [...]
The interview with Ferdinand Fichtner is published in DIW Economic Bulletin 36/2016 (PDF, 132.72 KB)
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