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Beyond the Headline in Germany’s ZEW Survey

18 Nov, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

Today’s release of the ZEW financial market survey for Germany revealed a surprising increase in economic expectations, compared to the consensus for a marginal improvement: chart note:  dark blue = balance red = improve light blue = no change black = worsen Meanwhile, the question...

Disappointing Data Out of Europe– and a Big Change Ahead

14 Oct, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

While we will have to wait another month or so to see the official results, today’s data releases of both the ZEW Survey (red line) and European Industrial Production (dark blue line) do not bode well for Europe’s Q3 GDP (light blue line) release: On...

Expectations Take a Dive

25 Mar, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

While the Ifo business climate appears to be hanging in there, the expectations component (light blue line)– for trade and industry as well as services– fell back quite a bit in March (not unlike the results of the ZEW Survey published last week): By sector,...

Few Bright Spots in the German ZEW Survey

18 Mar, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

The economic outlook in Germany weakened for the third month in a row, according to the latest ZEW survey: Anticipation of stock market gains has fallen steadily since last September: The expectation for improvement in profits (red line) fell in a number of industries in...

A Threat to Growth in Switzerland?

19 Feb, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

The ZEW survey of economic expectations for Switzerland, released today, declined for the second month in a row: Cited as the primary reason for the moderation was a little publicized referendum passed by Swiss voters last week that seeks to instate significant curbs on immigration....

ZEW Survey

15 Oct, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

In keeping with the familiar trend among European data releases, Germany appears to be the lone bright spot in an otherwise lackluster survey of economic sentiment:...