Press Release

Towards a forward-looking economic policy - Annual Report 2017/18

– The German Council of Economic Experts has submitted its Annual Report 2017/18 to Chancellor Angela Merkel. The report carries the title: “Towards a forward-looking economic policy”

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Publication of the GCEE Annual Report on November 8 – beginning of the quiet period

– The German Council of Economic Experts will hand over its Annual Report 2017/18 to the German government on November 8. During a quiet period prior to the event, the council members will not speak publicly from today on. Similar to previous years, the report…

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Impulse statement on social market reform: Award for Professor Isabel Schnabel

– Isabel Schnabel has been awarded a price for her speech “Can we still trust markets?” by the public discussion platform „Wirtschaftspolitischer Club Deutschland“ in Berlin on September 27.  Brigitte Zypries, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy,…

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Professor Volker Wieland receives ‘Public Service Fellowship’

– Volker Wieland received the ‘Public Service Fellowship’ from the Alfons and Gertrud Kassel-Foundation at the Goethe University Frankfurt on June 20. The award recognizes his achievements in linking aspects of scientific, political and social relevance in his…

Event

International Conference in Madrid

– On June 9, 2017, the AIReF (Autoridad Independiente de Responsabilidad Fiscal) hosted the second international conference of councils on economic policy in Madrid. It included participants from the councils of Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan,…

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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…