In the early 2000s, the complaints were similar...We missed that underneath the surface many things were changing,” says Jens Ulbrich, chief economist at the Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank. Back then,

Germany's long-awaited economic recovery has been postponed once again, as the government cut its forecasts for this year amid trade tensions and growing domestic uncertainty over the upcoming election.

Pessimism is increasing in the German export industry at the start of the year, according to research conducted by the Munich-based ifo Institute. The monthly export expectations surveyed by the institute have deteriorated further this month,

The German government slashed its gross domestic product expectations Wednesday, saying it was now forecasting just 0.3% growth in 2025.

Europe’s economy stagnated late last year as its former growth engine, Germany, finished a second straight year of shrinking output.

Germany's unemployment rate rose at the start of the year, despite a smaller than expected increase in the number of people out of work, as the weakness of Europe's biggest economy takes its toll in the labour market.

The unemployment rate crept higher in January to 6.2%, after layoffs among firms in the manufacturing sector picked up in recent months.

A rise in the jobless rate is normal for this time of year, although the scale of the jump points to underlying economic weakness. View on euronews