Showing posts with label Ifo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ifo. Show all posts
Thursday, April 9, 2020

9/4/20: Ifo Eurozone Forecast Q1-Q3 2020: Covid19 Impacts

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Germany's ifo Institute joint forecasts for Eurozone growth are out today. Bleak reading. The forecasts below assume that Covid-19 res...
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

8/4/20: Ifo Institute Germany Forecast for 2020

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A surprisingly 'positive' forecast for Germany from ifo Institute this morning: While GDP contraction for 2020 looks sharp a...
Friday, February 19, 2016

18/2/16: Europe's Problem is Not Germany...

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CES-Ifo just released their survey results for the regular poll of some 220 German economists. And if you think that professionals are at ...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

14/2/16: Ifo WorldEconomic Climate Index: 1Q 2016

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Global growth leading indicators are screaming it, Baltic Dry Index is screaming it, PMIs are screaming it, BRICS are living it, and now I...
Friday, February 5, 2016

5/2/16: Ifo Economic Climate Index for Euro area: 1Q 2016

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Ifo Economic Climate Index in the Euro Area has posted another contraction at the start of 1Q 2016 marking the third consecutive quarter o...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

3/12/15: Ifo's Sinn on Draghi's Monetary Acrobatics

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Ifo hans Werner Sinn on ECB decision: Predictable, and entertaining as ever... My view is expressed here  and a more in-depth view of ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

11/11/15: New Cost Estimates of European Refugees Crisis: Ifo

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Back in September , German think tank, CESIfo estimated the cost of European refugees crisis to be at around EUR10 billion (Germany costs ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

22/9/15: Germany's IFO: "Refugees to Cost Ten Billion Euros"

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Here is the full release from the Ifo Institute ( emphasis in bold and comments in italics are mine): "Ifo Institute Expects Refu...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

14/7/15: Ifo Sinn: Euro Agreement Doesn’t Really Help Greece

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Ifo's Hans Werner Sinn on Monday Eurogroup and Euro Council agreements: You can sense his frustration. I can add that much of wh...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

7/6/15: Greece Needs a Structured Euro Exit: Sinn

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As the saying goes... can't have a Greece drama without Target 2 drama... Hans Werner Sinn on Greek referendum results: In simple...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

23/6/2015: Hans Werner Sinn: Just Grexit!

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Hans Werner Sinn (Ifo) to Greece: "Will ya, just default, for the love of..."
Sunday, April 19, 2015

19/4/15: Greece In or Out: Ifo ain't caring much

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Ifo Institute calculated euro system-wide losses from Greek default under two scenarios: Greece remains in the Euro and Greece exits the E...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

22/2/15: Ifo on Eurogroup Conclusions

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Ifo's Hans-Werner Sinn on Eurogroup deal for Greece: I failed to spot where the Eurogroup allows for any 'additional cas...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

6/11/2014: Ifo Survey of Business Climate & Expectations: Euro Area

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CES Ifo published their Economic Sentiment Indicators for Euro Area for Q4 2014, showing marked slowdown in the economy on the basis of bo...
Monday, August 25, 2014

25/8/2014: Ifo Surveys of Business Climate & Expectations: Germany & Euro Area

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Earlier today, Ifo Institute published its survey of business sentiment in Germany. Here is the latest analysis of their data alongside th...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

15/6/2014: Ifo on Russia: 'Make Trade to Avoid War'...

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A very interesting set of points on EU/U.S. policy on Russia from the Ifo's President, Hans-Werner Sinn (Ifo Viewpoint Nr. 155, "W...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

7/5/2014: Eurostat backs out of Greek data mess

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Here's Ifo Institute press release on Eurostat and data manipulation for Greece: I have covered the issue here:  http://trueeco...
Monday, April 7, 2014

7/4/2014: EU's latests dis-inspiring growth forecasts...

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So German Ifo upgraded euro area growth forecasts for 2014 and the numbers are... well... dis-inspiring? "The Eurozone recovery is ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

11/2/2014: Greek Bailout 3.0 or a Fix 1.4: Ifo Assessment

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In light of Bloomberg report on new package of supports for Greece being planned ( http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-05/eu-said-to-wei...
Monday, October 7, 2013

7/10/2013: Ifo publishes updated forecast for Euro area growth: Q3 2013-Q1 2014

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CESIfo issued an update to its Q3-Q4 2013 forecasts for the euro area today. Per release: "After six consecutive quarters of decli...