Category: Economy
New minimum wage from October
(GermanPolicy.com) – This Wednesday, the German Bundestag will probably decide to increase the minimum wage to twelve euros. The newly determined amount will be applicable…
Federal Government decides on tax relief and higher commuter allowances
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Federal Cabinet has decided, in retrospect to 1 January, a tax relief for commuters and a higher basic allowance in citizens’ tax…
Heating cost subsidy for around 2 million people
(GermanPolicy.com) – Housing benefit recipients will soon receive a heating subsidy. The Federal Government parties have voted for this in the Bundestag, together with the…
Fuel prices: Habeck tasks Cartel Office
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Minister of Economics, Habeck (Greens), has commissioned the Federal Cartel Office to examine whether fuel prices are reasonable. The fuel market in…
Improved business climate
(GermanPolicy.com) – The Ifo business climate index has risen in January. The executives of the German economy have ensured this with an optimistic outlook. The…
Business turnover increased
(GermanPolicy.com) – The adjusted, nominal turnover of the commercial economy rose again in December, as compared to November. This was announced by the Federal Statistical…
Deutsche Bank surprisingly makes billions
(GermanPolicy.com) – In the 2021 financial year, Deutsche Bank recorded its best result in ten years with a surplus of EUR 1.9 billion, significantly more…
CDU-CSU: funding stop for energy-saving buildings “ruthless”
(GermanPolicy.com) – Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) has been criticized by various bodies for having stopped subsidies for energy-efficient buildings. The CDU-CSU and business…
Nahles to become chairwoman of the Federal Employment Agency
(GermanPolicy.com) – Ex-SPD chairwoman Andrea Nahles has been elected chairwoman of the Federal Employment Agency, according to the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations and the…
Parcel boom and much traffic at Christmas
(GermanPolicy.com) – Deutsche Post reported a parcel boom on Christmas Eve which was celebrated yesterday: The quantities of gift parcels were roughly at the level…
Coalition agreement prompts “confidence”
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to the coalition agreement of the traffic light parties – SPD, Greens and FDP – 400,000 new apartments are to be built…
A new German law against the Covid-19 pandemic
(GermanPolicy.com) – The German Bundestag has passed new regulations to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Among other things, after approval by the Federal Council, 3G regulations…
