The Joint Economic Forecast project group predicts slight growth in Germany‘s gross domestic product of 0.2 % for 2025. Expansive fiscal policy will stimulate the economy in the next two years. The institutes project growth rates of 1.3 % and 1.4 % for the next two years. Structural problems such as declining competitiveness and demographic change remain. Extensive reform policies are needed to create growth prospects for the German economy. As a guide, the institutes present a twelve-point compass for the “autumn of reforms”.
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