Digitale Immobilienportale haben binnen weniger Jahre Zeitungsinserate zurückgedrängt. Dies hat die Markttransparenz erheblich verbessert. Jedoch bestehen Unsicherheiten über die Aussagekraft der Online-Daten, da sie nur das Angebot und nicht die tatsächlichen Kaufpreise abbilden. Eine Studie des IW Köln zeigt, wie Angebotsdaten und reale Preisentwicklungen zusammenhängen.
Current account: Surplus is no ground for sanctions
The German economy is operating profitably in foreign trade. But contrary to popular belief, the current account surplus does not adversely affect the European countries impacted by the financial crisis. Indeed, the economic ascent of the newly industrialised ...
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German Energy turn-around – Energiewende: Electricity looking for storage
Battery storage could go mainstream with growing shares of power produced from wind and sun and electric cars becoming more common in the streets. A rapid growth of the role of rechargeable batteries would, however, also lead to a significantly higher demand ...
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