Consumer prices up by 2.4 % in October 30. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office, the consumer price index for Germany will probably increase by 2.4% in October 2007 as compared to October last year. As compared to September 2007, the increase amounted to just 0.2%.
Presseportale auf dem Prüfstand von MittelstandsWiki 23. February 202030. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Presseportale verbreiten Produkt- und Unternehmensinfos schnell und kostengünstig an Verlage und Rundfunkanstalten. MittelstandsWiki hat 26 Anbieter getestet.
Entry Standard celebrates second anniversary and 109 IPOs 29. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot The »Entry Standard« which is a stock exchange segment for small and medium-sized entities in Frankfurt celebrated its second anniversary on Thursday and announced positive results: judging by its current market capitalization of about 9.5 billion Euros, the Entry Standard is said to be currently the biggest alternative capital market in continental Europe. The average …
In July biggest pay increase since April 2004 29. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Collective monthly salaries of employees increased in July as strongly as in April 2004 for the last time. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the pay increase amounted to 2.5% as compared to July 2006. Collective wages of workers even increased by 3.0% in the same period which corresponded to the biggest pay increase since …
German government expects economic upswing to continue 26. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Yesterday the final consultations on the „Macroeconomic Projections« by the German government took place. At the end of these consultations the government presented the latest economic figures expected for the years 2007 and 2008. For the year 2007 the Federal government expects GDP to grow by 2.4% in real terms. For 2008 it expects the …
Import prices rose by 1.3 percent in September 26. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office, the index of import prices was 1.3% higher in September 2007 than in September last year (August 2006/2007: -0.6%; July 2006/2007: +0.4%). Compared to August 2007 the index increased by 0.6% in September this year.
Consumer goods from China very popular in Germany 25. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Whether it be clothes, footwear, toys or electronic products of all kinds – an ever increasing number of products on the German market come from China. According to provisional figures by the Federal Statistical Office, in 2006 already 6.7% of German imports amounting to 48.8 billion Euros were produced in China. Thus, China is Germany´s …
Moonlighting still a problem in the EU 25. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot The first Europe-wide survey on the issue of moonlighting conducted by the European Commission reveals that this fact is still a problem. The survey reveals the main factors for the black economy as well as countermeasures planned at the European and national levels.
SMEs from East Germany use subsidies more than those in the west 25. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot Only 8% of small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) from West Germany draw on subsidies. The situation is different with regard to SMEs from Berlin and the east: for them subsidies are a well-established financing instrument used by 40% of SMEs in the east which is five times as many as in the west. The same …
Majority of specialists satisfied with number of holidays 24. October 2007 by Thomas Jannot About two thirds (62%) of the German executives and specialists are, according to their own statements, satisfied with the amount of annual holidays. This fact was revealed by a survey conducted by the StepStone online job market. Only 30% of respondents believe that the number of free days was not sufficient in order to relax. …