Germany : Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation.
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that the ongoing upturn in Germany is benefiting from the euro depreciation and lower energy prices, and is underpinned by a healthy fiscal position and sound corporate and household balance sheets. Employment growth has been robust, supported by strong i...
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Format: | Revista |
Idioma: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2015.
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Col·lecció: | IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;
No. 2015/187 |
Accés en línia: | Full text available on IMF |
Sumari: | This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that the ongoing upturn in Germany is benefiting from the euro depreciation and lower energy prices, and is underpinned by a healthy fiscal position and sound corporate and household balance sheets. Employment growth has been robust, supported by strong immigration. The unemployment rate hit an additional post-reunification low at 4.7 percent. The oil price drop brought inflation temporarily close to zero, which has contributed to lift real wage growth to a 20-year high. The current moderate growth momentum is expected to continue as robust real wages buoy private consumption and euro depreciation buttresses exports, opening the way for a recovery in machinery and equipment investment. |
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Descripció física: | 1 online resource (71 pages) |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet |
ISSN: | 1934-7685 |
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