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2015-12-09 – The German cabinet has decided to propose the reappointment of Professor Dr. Lars P. Feld, University of Freiburg and president of the Walter Eucken Institute, for the German Council of Economic Experts to the Federal President Joachim Gauck. The second term…

2015-11-11 – The German Council of Economic Experts presents its Annual Economic Report 2015/16 today. The report is entitled "Focus on Future Viability"

2015-07-28 – The recent conflict between the government of Greece and its partners in the euro area has shaken the very foundations of European Monetary Union. According to the German Council of Economic Experts, an independent body that advises the government in Berlin,…

2015-06-25 – Effective 16 June 2015, Dr. Jochen Andritzky was appointed Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Experts. He succeeds Dr. Benjamin Weigert who takes up a new assignment at Deutsche Bundesbank. Dr. Andritzky completed his doctorate at the…

2015-03-26 – In its recent update of its economic forecast for Germany and the Euro area the German Council of Economic Experts expects that the German GDP will grow by 1.8 % and Euro area GDP by 1.3 % in 2015. Download the press release.

2015-03-24 – Today Professor Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt received his certificate of appointment as member of the German Council of Economic Experts for the term of 1st March 2015 till 29 February 2020 from Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy.…

2015-02-25 – At the proposal of the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Sigmar Gabriel, the German cabinet has proposed to the Federal President the reappointment of Professor Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt, President of RWI and Ruhr-University Bochum, for the…