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"Brexit decision is poison for investment in Germany": seven questions to Ferdinand Fichtner

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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