Will Germany Ever Escape its Economic Crisis?

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Germany’s economy continues being a bit of a rut with recent GDP figures implying that the German economy is still smaller than pre-pandemic. In this video, we’re taking a look at German economic crisis and why it still hasn’t gotten any better.

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German slowdown in 2019
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/14/business/germany-economy-gdp/index.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/369222/gdp-growth-forecast-western-europe-vs-major-economies/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47802235

German economy showing signs of life
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-economy-signs-life-growth-europe-tariffs-ifw/

More recent data on stagnation
https://think.ing.com/snaps/german-economy-is-curling-up-in-stagnation/
https://www.dashboard-deutschland.de/indicator/tile_1667811574092?origin=startpage
https://www.dashboard-deutschland.de/indicator/tile_1667821569597?origin=dashboard&db=aussenhandel&category=konjunktur_wirtschaft
https://www.dashboard-deutschland.de/konjunktur_wirtschaft/aussenhandel
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250908-germany-s-us-exports-hit-four-year-low-as-tariffs-bite
https://www.dailysabah.com/business/economy/grand-promises-limited-progress-merzs-economic-push-falters
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/german-economists-disappointed-by-merz-governments-slow-reforms-survey-shows-2025-08-13/

Share of manufacturing as % of GDP
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-value-added-to-gdp?tab=line&time=1991..latest&country=Sub-Saharan+Africa~South+Asia~East+Asia+and+Pacific~Latin+America+and+Caribbean~Europe+and+Central+Asia~European+Union~Middle+East+and+North+Africa~DEU~USA~GBR~FRA
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/manufacturing-value-added-to-gdp?globe=1&globeRotation=55%2C10&globeZoom=2.59

Germany export/trade data
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports-by-country

Real wage growth
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/wage-growth

Impact of Chinese exports on German economy
https://www.cer.eu/sites/default/files/pbrief_ST_BS_china_shock_16.1.25.pdf

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