Economy, trade & finance: dpa-AFX overview: KONJUNKTUR from May 17, 2021

Economy, trade & finance: dpa-AFX overview: KONJUNKTUR from May 17, 2021

– ROME – In Italy, inflation increased significantly in April. The consumer prices determined according to the European method WASHINGTON – Sentiment in the US housing market didn’t change in May. The NAHB home market index remained at 83 points compared to the previous month, as the National Association of Home Builders announced in Washington … Read more

Experts question the country’s “solid financial policy”

Experts question the country’s “solid financial policy”

Status: 03/21/2021 6:31 a.m. Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig and Finance Minister Reinhard Meyer (both SPD) always refer to the country’s “solid financial policy”. New calculations by economic researchers cast doubt on this self-praise. by Stefan Ludmann, NDR 1 Radio MV During the Corona crisis, the debt burden in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania increased significantly more than in … Read more

Impending lockdown and Brexit negotiations are a burden

Impending lockdown and Brexit negotiations are a burden

Will there be a trade deal? EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have set a deadline of Sunday. – (Photo: AP) – – – – Frankfurt Two far-reaching political decisions on Sunday should decide whether the stock markets start the new trading week with gains or losses. In … Read more

Corona loans highest in North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria

Corona loans highest in North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria

– Banknotes Bavaria follows NRW with 31 percent (20 billion) and Lower Saxony with 27 percent (around 9 billion). – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Berlin According to a study by the Ifo Institute, North Rhine-Westphalia takes out the highest corona-related loans of all federal states. The most populous federal state has approved credit … Read more

Family businesses are reluctant to use state aid

Economy, trade & finance: dpa-AFX overview: KONJUNKTUR from May 17, 2021

– These are the results of representative surveys by the Family Businesses Foundation, which were collected by the Munich Ifo Institute for the Foundation’s annual monitor. For the study, which is available to the German Press Agency, 2,452 companies were surveyed from May to June. In October, 1,104 companies from this group took part in … Read more