The German ZEW index, which reflects the expectations of investors and analysts and is designed to determine the economic changes over the next six months , has fallen more than was expected.
The measure in the first month of the year when compared with the year ago has creased from 15.7 to 10.3 value, which was expected to fall lower, i.e. to average 15.2 level.
However the German current situation assessment ZEW index started at minus 93.1 to minus 90.4 meaning, which is projected to remain stable at this time.
Besides this, the euro zone investor and analyst expectations indicator has increased from seventeen to eighteen
levels over the long
term, which would wait to adjust to 16.9 reikšmės.
“In the second year of the recession from the row economic expectations fell in Germany. This may be other than the recently announced negative indicators of GDP growth and inflationary inflationary pressure. The private housing farm spending gap and low demand in the construction sector continue to slow Germany’s economy.If these trends continue in the current years Germany will further fall behind the other countries of the euro zone. Also there is greater political insecurity, which is driven by the possibly complex process of formingacoalitioninGermanyandtheindependenceofthenewTrumpadministrationinexecutingtheeconomicpolicies”theresults ofthestudywill be commented on by theZEEWPresidentandProfessor,Doctor of ScienceAchimWambach.
