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The German Council of Economic Experts presents its special report "Setting Out for a New Climate Policy" to the German Government today, in which it discusses reform options for climate policy in Germany.
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The federal government will assign the task of the National Productivity Board to the German Council of Economic Experts. Hereby, it implements a recommendation by the Council of the European Union as of 20 September 2016.
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The German Council of Economic Experts is cutting its growth forecast for 2019 and now expects German GDP to grow by 0.8 % and 1.7 % in 2019 and 2020, respectively.