http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome.htmlNews from "Ifo Institute for Economic Research" and "CESifo GmbH"de-deCopyright © 1999 - 2012 ifo Institut – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschungan der Universität München e. V.de-dehttp://wwww.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome.htmlhttp://www.cesifo-group.de/images/ifo/cesifogroup.jpg http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130524_Ifo-Business-Climate-IndexThe Ifo Business Climate Index for industry and trade in Germany has risen again after two consecutive declines. The firms are clearly more satisfied with their current business situation than in the previous month. The outlook for future business is unchanged and slightly positive. The German economy remains on track in a challenging European environment.2013-05-24T08:30:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130524_Ifo-Business-Climate-Index http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Staff-Comments-in-the-Media/Interviews-in-print-media/Archive/Interviews_2013/medienecho_ifointerview-goldman-16-05-2013Interview mit Hans-Werner Sinn, Goldman Sachs - Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research, May 16, 2013, Issue 12, S. 82013-05-15T22:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Staff-Comments-in-the-Media/Interviews-in-print-media/Archive/Interviews_2013/medienecho_ifointerview-goldman-16-05-2013 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/details.html?docId=19088792US-Investor George Soros verlangt von Deutschland, Eurobonds zu akzeptieren oder die Eurozone zu verlassen. In seiner Replik weist Hans-Werner Sinn diese Forderung zurück.2013-05-15T22:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/details.html?docId=19088792 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130515_wes-welt-q2-2013The Ifo World Economic Climate Indicator continued to rise, even if only slightly. Both assessments of the current economic situation and the six-month economic outlook improved slightly compared to the previous quarter. There are a growing number of signs that the world economy is stabilising.2013-05-15T09:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130515_wes-welt-q2-2013 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Viewpoints/Standpunkte-Archiv/stp-2013/Ifo-Viewpoint-No--147--Should-Germany-Exit-the-Euro2013-05-14T12:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Viewpoints/Standpunkte-Archiv/stp-2013/Ifo-Viewpoint-No--147--Should-Germany-Exit-the-Euro http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130514-Ifo-Viewpoint-147Last summer, the financier George Soros urged Germany to agree to the establishment of the European Stability Mechanism, calling on the country to “lead or leave”. Now he says that Germany should exit the euro if it continues to block the introduction of Eurobonds. Soros is playing with fire. Leaving the eurozone is precisely what the newly founded “Alternative for Germany” party, which draws support from a wide swath of society, is demanding.2013-05-14T12:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130514-Ifo-Viewpoint-147 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130510_CESifo-Forum-1-2013Poland’s economic development is the focus of the latest CESifo Forum. From the beginning of its transformation process the formerly socialist country has recorded robust economic growth, leading to a rise in living standards. At the same time, the relatively young democracy has continued to face a number of economic challenges.2013-05-10T07:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130510_CESifo-Forum-1-2013 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Viewpoints/Standpunkte-Archiv/stp-2013/Ifo-Viewpoint-No--146--The-Case-for-Car-Tolls2013-05-08T12:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Viewpoints/Standpunkte-Archiv/stp-2013/Ifo-Viewpoint-No--146--The-Case-for-Car-Tolls http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130508-Ifo-Viewpoint-146Germany's roads are crumbling, according to the Cologne Institute for Economic Research, and it is right: 21 per cent of federal roads and nine percent of motorways in Germany urgently require repairs, but there is no money available to make them. Doing the full extent of the work needed to address the problem would double today's annual repair costs for years to come.2013-05-08T12:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130508-Ifo-Viewpoint-146 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130508_wes-euro-q2-2013The Ifo Economic Climate Indicator for the euro area remains at a low level. Assessments of the current economic situation are slightly less favourable than in the last survey. Expectations for the six-month economic outlook improved only slightly. An economic recovery has not yet started.2013-05-08T09:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130508_wes-euro-q2-2013 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/details.html?docId=19088393Was müssen wir tun, um auch in Zukunft in Wohlstand leben zu können? Dieser zentralen Frage widmet sich Hans-Werner Sinn in seinem Buch „Verspielt nicht eure Zukunft“. Der Nationalökonom setzt sich darin mit ökonomischen Grundfragen auseinander, thematisiert die Herausforderungen, vor denen der Standort Deutschland steht und macht konkrete Vorschläge für Reformen, um die mangelnde Langfristorientierung politischen Handelns zu überwinden.2013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/publications/docbase/details.html?docId=19088393 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Staff-Comments-in-the-Media/Press-articles-by-staff/Archive/Eigene-Artikel-2013/medienecho_ifostimme-faz-08-05-2013Presseartikel von Hans-Werner Sinn, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 08.05.2013, Nr. 106, S. 102013-05-07T22:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Staff-Comments-in-the-Media/Press-articles-by-staff/Archive/Eigene-Artikel-2013/medienecho_ifostimme-faz-08-05-2013 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Staff-Comments-in-the-Media/Interviews-in-print-media/Archive/Interviews_2013/medienecho_ifointerview-irishtime-07-05-2013Interview with Hans-Werner Sinn, Irish Times online, 07.05.20132013-05-06T22:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Staff-Comments-in-the-Media/Interviews-in-print-media/Archive/Interviews_2013/medienecho_ifointerview-irishtime-07-05-2013 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Staff-Comments-in-the-Media/Interviews-in-print-media/Archive/Interviews_2013/medienecho_ifointerview-welt-06-05-2013Interview mit Hans-Werner Sinn, Die Welt, 06.05.2013, Nr. 104, S. 102013-05-05T22:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Staff-Comments-in-the-Media/Interviews-in-print-media/Archive/Interviews_2013/medienecho_ifointerview-welt-06-05-2013 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130503_munichsummitThe CESifo Group Munich and the BMW-Stiftung Herbert Quandt, in partnership with The Times, The Wall Street Journal and Handelsblatt, will hold the 12th Munich Economic Summit "Relaunching Europe" on the 16 and 17 May 2013 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich.2013-05-03T06:49:42Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130503_munichsummit http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Viewpoints/Standpunkte-Archiv/stp-2013/Ifo-Viewpoint-No--145--New-Migration2013-05-03T06:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/policy/Viewpoints/Standpunkte-Archiv/stp-2013/Ifo-Viewpoint-No--145--New-Migration http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130503-Ifo-Viewpoint-145Germany is currently experiencing a massive wave of immigration that is reminiscent of the time after the Fall of the Iron Curtain. In 2012 a net total of around 410,000 people came to Germany (after subtracting the number of emigrants). This was around the same number as in 1993 and a good 50 per cent more than in 2011. Germany was an emigrant country just a short time ago. Now people are coming here in their droves.2013-05-03T06:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130503-Ifo-Viewpoint-145 http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/infoservice/Ifo-Newsletter/archive/2013/news-20130430-ifo-newsletterThe Ifo Newsletter is a free service of the Ifo Institute and is sent by e-mail every month. It informs you (in German) about new research results, important publications, selected events, personal news, upcoming dates and many more items from the Ifo Institute.2013-04-30T10:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/infoservice/Ifo-Newsletter/archive/2013/news-20130430-ifo-newsletter http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130430_Credit-ConstraintsCredit constraints for German trade and industry edged downwards by 0.1 percentage points compared to March. Around a fifth of the companies surveyed reported a restrictive credit policy on the part of banks. Despite recent developments in the euro crisis, there have been no significant changes in the favourable financial environment of German companies.2013-04-30T09:00:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/press_20130430_Credit-Constraints http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/pm_20130429-fobr-60Child benefit and publicly-subsidised child care represent key pillars of family policy in Germany. As part of an overall evaluation of central marriage and family-related benefits conducted on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youths and the Ministry for Finance, the Ifo Institute investigated the implications of both family policy measures on families.2013-04-29T10:05:00Z http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/presse/Pressemitteilungen/Pressemitteilungen-Archiv/2013/Q2/pm_20130429-fobr-60