Team
The people behind the ifo Institute offer the very high level of expertise and experience needed to fulfill our research and service mandate.
ifo World Economic Survey
ifo World Economic Survey was a quarterly publication in English containing the results of the ifo expert poll on the world economy.
The ifo World Economic Survey (WES) was designed to give an accurate picture of the economic situation and forecasts for important industrial, emerging and developing economies on a quarterly basis. The results were published in the journal ifo World Economic Survey.
ifo Viewpoints
In the ifo Viewpoints, ifo President Clemens Fuest comments on current economic policy issues. The ifo Viewpoints are published as guest contributions in various leading media outlets.
ifo Business Climate in Eastern Germany
The ifo Business Climate in Eastern Germany is based on ca. 1,200 monthly survey responses of firms in manufacturing, construction, wholesaling and retailing.
Italy’s Long Way into the Crisis
The current government crisis in Italy is raising concerns that the eurozone's third-largest economy could collapse. The fact that this development has a long history can be seen in the article by Giuseppe Bertola, University of Turin, in our current EEAG report.
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ifo Media Center
The ifo Institute invites you to participate in the discussion of interesting economic topics via the Internet. In our ifo Media Center a whole series of remarkable events are available and can be viewed in full length. We also record selected speeches and presentations given by employees or at events and make them available in our Media Center.
Communiqués de presse en français
Nous souhaitons que le plus grand nombre possible de parties intéressées puisse participer aux recherches de l'Institut ifo - au-delà des pays germanophones et anglophones. Pour les représentants de la presse francophone, l'Institut ifo propose donc une sélection de communiqués de presse en français. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter si vous avez des questions sur les sujets proposés ou si vous désirez joinder un expert.
iPEHD Raw Data: Industry
The codebooks in the codebooks section provide detailed information on the variables. Before accessing the data, please make sure to read the raw data and merging data sections.
Conference Series
With its events, the ifo Institute brings together scientists, decision-makers and opinion leaders and shapes the economic policy and scientific debate.
ifo Annual Report 2021 – Highlights
In 2021, the ifo Institute paved the way for several key future projects. We have compiled a selection of the highlights from the annual report for you on the following pages.
Economic Forecasts
Economic forecasts estimate how the economy will develop in the future. They focus on speed changes and turning points in key macroeconomic variables. This information helps companies and private households to make decisions on their investment and spending plans. The government also uses economic forecasts to adjust its policy instruments.
Ludwig Erhard Returns to the ifo Institute
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the ifo Institute, VDMA Vice President Karl Haeusgen and ifo President Clemens Fuest unveiled a portrait of Ludwig Erhard, one of the founding fathers of the ifo Institute.
2021 AEJ-Policy Best Paper Award
Thomas Fackler, economist at the ifo Center for Industrial Economics and New Technologies, together with his co-authors Markus Nagler, Martin Watzinger, and Monika Schnitzer, received the 2021 AEJ Policy Best Paper Award for the paper "How Antitrust Enforcement Can Spur Innovation: Bell Labs and the 1956 Consent Decree."
An Interview with Clemens Fuest and Stephanie Dittmer – Annual Report 2022
The ifo Institute expected an economic recovery in 2022. Instead, everything got worse: a war in the heart of Europe that sparked an energy crisis and record inflation. What does this mean for the ifo Institute?
Information for Participants in ifo Online, E-Mail, Paper and Fax Surveys
Data protection and how we handle the personal data requested in our scientific surveys is very important to us. We pledge to handle your responses confidentially and provide you with the following information on the processing of your data according to Article12, 13 et seq. GDPR.
ifo Centers
Research at the ifo Institute is organized in nine Centers, the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy and the ifo Dresden Branch. All units have their own positioning, follow their characteristic program and offer specific services. At the same time, they are closely linked and all contribute to the shared research theme of the ifo Institute.
ifo World Economic Survey (WES)
From 1983 to 2019, the World Economic Survey (WES) asked more than 1,000 economic experts worldwide every quarter to provide a picture of the current economic situation and indications of future developments in more than 100 important industrial, emerging and developing countries.
ifo Working Papers
The ifo Working Papers, initiated in 2005, contain discussion contributions, mostly in English, from the current research of the ifo Institute and the Center for Economic Studies. They present research results for suggestions and further revisions before they are submitted to refereed journals.
All submissions are subject to the approval of the Review Board. The working papers are available as PDF files.
ifo Konjunkturperspektiven
ifo Konjunkturperspektiven is a monthly German-language online publication that presents the latest results from ifo’s business surveys in the form of graphics and tables. The surveys cover manufacturing, construction, wholesale, retail, and the service sector as a whole, as well as the industries related to each of those sectors.