Data traffic increases while importance of landline network falls 17. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to the Bundesnetzagentur, the volume of phone calls in 2007 increased by 5.1% to 253 billion minutes as compared to the year 2006. This corresponds to an average of 51 hours per person and per year. Most strongly grew internet telephony (+78%) followed by mobile phone calls which increased by 19.6%. The number of …
Inflation continued in April 17. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot Consumer prices once again significantly increased in April. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the consumer price index for Germany rose by 2.4% in April 2008 as compared to April 2007. In comparison with April 2008, however, this index slightly decreased by 0.2%. In March there had still been an increase by 3.1% on the …
Sharp increase in imports from China 15. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot Imports from the People’s Republic of China to Germany have almost tripled in the period from the year 2000 to the year 2007, as was reported by the Federal Statistical Office. In 2007, imports amounted to 54.6 billion Euros. This means that China is the third most important importing to Germany country. In the year …
EU trade deficit with South America at 17 billion Euros 14. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot In the period between the year 2000 and 2007 exports from the EU27 to the 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC) increased less than imports from this region. While exports increased from 59 billion to 75 billion Euros, imports grew from 54 to 92 billion Euros. Thus, there was a trade deficit of 17 …
Sharp worldwide decline in IPOs 14. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot In the first quarter 2008 the number of IPOs (initial public offerings) fell sharply worldwide. In comparison with the fourth quarter 2007, their number fell by 60%. The emission volume decreased accordingly: the global volume of money collected in 236 IPOs worldwide in the first quarter 2008 amounted to just 40.9 billion US dollars (-60%). …
Increased turnover in processing industry 13. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot Turnover generated in the processing industry increased by 4.1% in March this year as compared to March 2007. As compared to February this year, turnover fell by 0.5%. These figures were calculated by the Federal Statistical Office.
Bad mark for German economic policies 12. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot German small and medium-sized entities (SMEs) are dissatisfied with current economic policies in Germany. Most criticized are political measures taken against the lack of specialists (just 11% consider these to be sufficient). Measures taken against red tape are considered to be similarly ineffective. These are the findings of a study conducted jointly by the German …
Wholesale trade prices up by 6.9% in April 12. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office, in April 2008 the index of selling prices in the German wholesale trade was up by 6.9% as compared with April last year. In March and February the changes had been +7.1% and +6.0% respectively. As compared with March this year, this index increased by 0.6% in April.
Plans for start-ups often fail due to lack of money 9. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot The most important reason for which start-ups are often planned but not launched is a lack of money. Other important reasons are the prospect of an unstable income and attractive job offers by other existing companies. These are the findings of the latest study by the German Association for Information Management, Telecommunication and New Media …
Procurement managers count on electronic catalogues 8. May 2008 by Thomas Jannot The use of electronic catalogues has become a matter of course for many businesses across all sizes ranging from global players to small and medium-sized entities (SMEs): 69% of them use e-catalogues in doing business, 21% are currently planning or introducing such systems. 10% are at the moment still doing without them. However, major enterprises …