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IW Financial Expert Survey
  • Markus Demary ·
  • IW-Report ·
  • 15 Oct 2018

Fourth Quarter 2018: IW Financial Expert Survey

The experts of the IW Financial Expert Survey predict a steeper yield curve with a larger increase in long-term than in short-term interest rates by the end of the first quarter of 2019. Moreover, the average forecasts indicate higher stock market indices, a mild depreciation of the Euro vis-à-vis the US-Dollar with a larger appreciation in the first quarter of 2019.

The Working Time Wishes of Dependent Employees: A Longitudinal Study
  • Holger Schäfer ·
  • IW-Trends ·
  • 5 Oct 2018

The Working Time Wishes of Dependent Employees: A Longitudinal Study

With what it calls bridging part-time work, the Federal Government wants to make it easier for parttime employees to return to full-time employment. The implicit assumption behind this initiative is that there are many part-time workers whose desire for full-time work remains unfulfilled.

The EU’s Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality between Women and Men (2016–2019)
  • Jörg Schmidt ·
  • IW-Trends ·
  • 26 Sep 2018

The EU’s Strategy for Promoting Gender Equality between Women and Men

This paper examines possible options for refining the indicators in three economic related policy areas of the EU’s strategy for gender equality between men and women (2016–2019). The objectives and measures of the EU strategy are not analyzed, but modifications and extensions of the empirical reporting are proposed.

IW Economic Forecast Autumn 2018
  • IW Research Group Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecast ·
  • IW-Trends ·
  • 17 Sep 2018

IW Economic Forecast Autumn 2018

The global economy is not immune to a resurgence of protectionism. Trade in goods in particular has stagnated in the year to date while global investment growth is slowing again. Economic activity is being further hobbled by institutional problems in a number of emerging economies and by rising energy prices. This has put some expectations of growth on a downward trajectory, albeit with no anticipation of a crash landing.

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