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Council participates in federal government’s new High-Tech Strategy

– Professor Christoph M. Schmidt and his fellow members of the High-Tech Forum, whose key task is to make specific recommendations for implementing and advancing the new High-Tech Strategy of the Federal Government, have presented their guidance for innovation…

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Reappointment of Prof. Schnabel for the German Council of Economic Experts

– Today, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Brigitte Zypries, appointed Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel for another term to the German Council of Economic Experts. The term runs until February 2022. Isabel Schnabel was first appointed to the Council…

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Update of the economic forecast

– The German Council of Economic Experts has updated its economic forecast. Growth prospects for 2017 were slighty revised updwards. The Council now expects German real gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 1.4 % in 2017 and 1.6 % in 2018. Full press release…

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Cabinet’s proposal regarding the reappointment of Prof. Isabel Schnabel

– The German cabinet has decided to propose the reappointment of Professor Dr. Isabel Schnabel for the German Council of Economic Experts to the Federal President Joachim Gauck. The second term of Professor Schnabel would end on 28 February 2022. Professor…

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Time for reforms - Annual Report 2016/17

– The German Council of Economic Experts has submitted its Annual Report 2016/17 to Chancellor Angela Merkel. The report carries the title: "Time for reforms"

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1,000th Meeting: Release of the Annual Report on 2 November 2016

– On 2 November, the German Council of Economic Experts will present its Annual Report to the Federal Government. This coincides with the 1,000th meeting of the Council since its foundation in 1963.