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      <title>Ifo Business Climate Indicator Continues to Rise</title>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;/link/10indexgsk&quot;&gt;Current Ifo Business Climate Index page&lt;/a&gt; (html) &lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/link/KT_02_2012.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; &gt;Download the press release of 23 February 2012 &lt;/a&gt; as PDF-file </description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="/link/10indexgsk">Current Ifo Business Climate Index page</a> (html) <br>
<a href="/link/KT_02_2012.pdf" target="_blank" >Download the press release of 23 February 2012 </a> as PDF-file ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>ifo Dresden Studien Nr. 62</title>
      <description>Die ifo Niederlassung Dresden veröffentlicht die Forschungsergebnisse einer abgeschlossenen Untersuchung als ifo Dresden Studien Nr. 62:</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Die ifo Niederlassung Dresden veröffentlicht die Forschungsergebnisse einer abgeschlossenen Untersuchung als ifo Dresden Studien Nr. 62:]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>ifo Dresden berichtet 1/2012</title>
      <description>Am Freitag, den 17. Januar 2012, erscheint Heft 1/2012 unserer Veröffentlichung „ifo Dresden berichtet“.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Am Freitag, den 17. Januar 2012, erscheint Heft 1/2012 unserer Veröffentlichung „ifo Dresden berichtet“.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Ifo World Economic Climate Brightens Slightly</title>
      <description>Results of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) of the 1st quarter 2012 
in co-operation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/link/WEC_World_I_12.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot; &gt;
Download press release as PDF-file&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Results of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) &lt;a href=&quot;/link/20indexwes&quot;&gt;(html)&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Results of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) of the 1st quarter 2012 
in co-operation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
<br><a href="/link/WEC_World_I_12.pdf" target="_new" >
Download press release as PDF-file</a>
<br>
Results of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) <a href="/link/20indexwes">(html)</a>.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Euro Area: Ifo Indicator Stabilises At Low Level</title>
      <description>Results of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) of 1st  quarter 2012 in co-operation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/link/WEC_Eurozone_I_12.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;
Download press release as PDF-file&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;br&gt;
Results of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) &lt;a href=&quot;/link/25indexweseuro&quot;&gt;(html)&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Results of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) of 1st  quarter 2012 in co-operation with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
<br>
<a href="/link/WEC_Eurozone_I_12.pdf" target="_new">
Download press release as PDF-file</a>

<br>
Results of the Ifo World Economic Survey (WES) <a href="/link/25indexweseuro">(html)</a>.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Abgesang auf das EEG</title>
      <description>Press article by Hans-Werner Sinn&lt;br&gt;
Wirtschaftswoche, 06 Feb 2012, no 6, p 40</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Press article by Hans-Werner Sinn<br>
Wirtschaftswoche, 06 Feb 2012, no 6, p 40]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Credit Constraints Remain Low</title>
      <description>Credit Constraint Indicator - From the Ifo Business Survey for January 2012
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/link/18INDEXKREDKL&quot;&gt;Current Credit Constraint Indicator page&lt;/a&gt; (html) &lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/link/Kredit_201201.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; &gt;Download the press release of 31 January 2012 &lt;/a&gt; as PDF-file.
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Credit Constraint Indicator - From the Ifo Business Survey for January 2012
<br><a href="/link/18INDEXKREDKL">Current Credit Constraint Indicator page</a> (html) <br>
<a href="/link/Kredit_201201.pdf" target="_blank" >Download the press release of 31 January 2012 </a> as PDF-file.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Ifo Business Climate for Eastern Germany deteriorates</title>
      <description>Ifo Business Climate for Eastern Germany - Results of the Ifo Business Survey for January 2012
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/link/_KTRegional_OstD&quot;&gt;Current release&lt;/a&gt; (html) 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/link/KTOst-201201.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; &gt;Download the press release of 30 January 2012&lt;/a&gt; as PDF-file. 
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ifo Business Climate for Eastern Germany - Results of the Ifo Business Survey for January 2012
<br><a href="/link/_KTRegional_OstD">Current release</a> (html) 
<br><a href="/link/KTOst-201201.pdf" target="_blank" >Download the press release of 30 January 2012</a> as PDF-file. 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Ifo Business Climate Continues to Rise</title>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;/link/10indexgsk&quot;&gt;Current Ifo Business Climate Index page&lt;/a&gt; (html) &lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/link/KT_01_2012.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; &gt;Download the press release of 25 January 2012 &lt;/a&gt; as PDF-file </description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="/link/10indexgsk">Current Ifo Business Climate Index page</a> (html) <br>
<a href="/link/KT_01_2012.pdf" target="_blank" >Download the press release of 25 January 2012 </a> as PDF-file ]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Euro-zone Economic Outlook: A recession in sight</title>
      <description>The &lt;a href=&quot;/link/_kprogeeo/eeo-20120111.htm&quot;&gt;Euro-zone Economic Outlook&lt;/a&gt; 
is jointly produced by the German Ifo Institute, the French &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.insee.fr/fr/home/home_page.asp&quot;&gt;INSEE&lt;/a&gt; institute and the Italian &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.istat.it&quot; &gt;Istat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/link/eeo-20120111.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;&gt;Download the detailed analyses with figures and tables (as PDF) &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;!--&lt;br&gt;See the &lt;a href=&quot;/link/_proj/proj-kf-euro-zone-economic-outlook.htm&quot;&gt;Ifo Project page&lt;/a&gt;.--&gt;
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The <a href="/link/_kprogeeo/eeo-20120111.htm">Euro-zone Economic Outlook</a> 
is jointly produced by the German Ifo Institute, the French <a href="http://www.insee.fr/fr/home/home_page.asp">INSEE</a> institute and the Italian <a href="http://www.istat.it" >Istat</a>.<br>
<a href="/link/eeo-20120111.pdf" target="_new">Download the detailed analyses with figures and tables (as PDF) </a>
<!--<br>See the <a href="/link/_proj/proj-kf-euro-zone-economic-outlook.htm">Ifo Project page</a>.-->
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Wir sitzen so oder so in der Falle</title>
      <description>Interview with Hans-Werner Sinn&lt;br&gt;
Der Spiegel, 09 Jan 2012, no 1, p 62</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Interview with Hans-Werner Sinn<br>
Der Spiegel, 09 Jan 2012, no 1, p 62]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cesifo-group.de/link/_echointerv/ifointerview-spiegel-09-01-12.htm</guid>
      <link>http://www.cesifo-group.de/link/_echointerv/ifointerview-spiegel-09-01-12.htm</link>
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      <title>Der europäische Drache</title>
      <description>Press article by Hans-Werner Sinn&lt;br&gt;
Wirtschaftswoche, 09 Jan 2012, no 1/2, p 42</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Press article by Hans-Werner Sinn<br>
Wirtschaftswoche, 09 Jan 2012, no 1/2, p 42]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cesifo-group.de/link/_echomitarb/ifostimme-wiwo-09-01-12.htm</guid>
      <link>http://www.cesifo-group.de/link/_echomitarb/ifostimme-wiwo-09-01-12.htm</link>
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      <title>Kein Schuldensozialismus!</title>
      <description>Press article by Hans-Werner Sinn&lt;br&gt;
Handelsblatt, 06 Jan 2012, no 005, p 72</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Press article by Hans-Werner Sinn<br>
Handelsblatt, 06 Jan 2012, no 005, p 72]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cesifo-group.de/link/_echomitarb/ifostimme-hdbl-06-01-12.htm</guid>
      <link>http://www.cesifo-group.de/link/_echomitarb/ifostimme-hdbl-06-01-12.htm</link>
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      <title>„Unser Geld ist sicher – vorläufig“</title>
      <description>Interview with Hans-Werner Sinn&lt;br&gt;
Münchner Merkur, 30 Dec 2011, no 301, p 2</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Interview with Hans-Werner Sinn<br>
Münchner Merkur, 30 Dec 2011, no 301, p 2]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cesifo-group.de/link/_echointerv/ifointerview-merkur-30-12-11.htm</guid>
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      <title>Two Models for Europe</title>
      <description>Internet article by Hans-Werner Sinn&lt;br&gt;
Project Syndicate, 29 Dec 2011</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Internet article by Hans-Werner Sinn<br>
Project Syndicate, 29 Dec 2011]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Zwei Modelle für Europa</title>
      <description>Internet article by Hans-Werner Sinn&lt;br&gt;
Project Syndicate, 29.12.2011</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Internet article by Hans-Werner Sinn<br>
Project Syndicate, 29.12.2011]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:20:00 +0100</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.cesifo-group.de/link/_echomitarb/ifostimme-ps-29-12-11.htm</guid>
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      <title>CESifo Newsletter  December 15, 2011</title>
      <description>&lt;p class=newsletter &gt;&lt;b&gt;CESifo Newsletter December 15, 2011&lt;/b&gt; ( &lt;a href=&quot;/cesifo/newsletter/CESifoNewsletter28.htm&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot; &gt;HTML&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class=newsletter ><b>CESifo Newsletter December 15, 2011</b> ( <a href="/cesifo/newsletter/CESifoNewsletter28.htm" target="_new" >HTML</a> )</p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Credit Constraints Rise Slightly </title>
      <description>Credit Constraint Indicator - From the Ifo Business Survey for December 2011
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/link/18INDEXKREDKL&quot;&gt;Current Credit Constraint Indicator page&lt;/a&gt; (html) &lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;/link/Kredit_201112.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; &gt;Download the press release of 23 December 2011 &lt;/a&gt; as PDF-file.
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Credit Constraint Indicator - From the Ifo Business Survey for December 2011
<br><a href="/link/18INDEXKREDKL">Current Credit Constraint Indicator page</a> (html) <br>
<a href="/link/Kredit_201112.pdf" target="_blank" >Download the press release of 23 December 2011 </a> as PDF-file.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Ifo Business Climate Index for Eastern Germany rises</title>
      <description>Ifo Business Climate for Eastern Germany - Results of the Ifo Business Survey for December 2011
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/link/_KTRegional_OstD&quot;&gt;Current release&lt;/a&gt; (html) 
&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/link/KTOst-201112.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; &gt;Download the press release of 22 December 2011&lt;/a&gt; as PDF-file. 
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ifo Business Climate for Eastern Germany - Results of the Ifo Business Survey for December 2011
<br><a href="/link/_KTRegional_OstD">Current release</a> (html) 
<br><a href="/link/KTOst-201112.pdf" target="_blank" >Download the press release of 22 December 2011</a> as PDF-file. 
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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