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Once-thriving residential construction industry has slumped, posing drag on EU’s largest economy
Deal to help shield country’s manufacturers from high energy costs likely to draw criticism from Brussels
Berlin’s asylum package, which could see processing centres set up outside EU, scales back benefits for refugees
More companies cut jobs as Europe’s largest economy stagnates and borrowing costs rise
Price growth in largest EU economy lower than expected at 3% but output shrank in third quarter
Christiane Benner, the first female head of IG Metall, warns against the country’s ‘creeping deindustrialisation’
Facing higher energy costs and the transition to electric vehicles, once prosperous industrial districts are struggling to adapt
Exports of goods outside EU decline, with double-digit decrease in shipments to US and China
Habeck blames slowdown on higher rates, global trade woes and a ‘desperate’ shortage of skilled workers
Energy minister says bloc will lose out to Biden’s IRA if Paris and Berlin fail to resolve differences over nuclear power
Brussels unlocks funds for Hungary in hopes of more support for Ukraine
A cluster of companies in a city near Shanghai faces rising competition and slowing Chinese growth
Record numbers of drinkers are flocking to the Theresienwiese fairground despite the soaring cost of beer
Berlin has tightened deficit discipline as ‘bond vigilantes’ return
Prices rise by 4.3 per cent in the year to September, boosting expectations of a slowdown in region-wide inflation
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Central bank says operations susceptible to trade disruption as foreign minister backs Brussels’ electric vehicle probe
Berlin seeks to shield some of its smaller companies from EU sustainability obligations
Family businesses turn to nimbler vessels that can operate when water levels are low
Disruptions compound longer-term structural problems including labour shortages and a lack of investment
BP’s chief executive Bernard Looney resigns
Scale of orders poses challenge to interested private equity groups
Proportion of construction groups reporting a lack of new orders surged to 44.2% in August
Sharp decline in carmaking drives third consecutive drop, as second-quarter eurozone growth is revised down to 0.1%
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