German harmonised consumer inflation came in at 2.2% in April, preliminary data showed. The country's economy expanded by 0.2% in the first quarter from the previous three-month period, preliminary ...

German industry dropped by 1.4% month-on-month in April after a 2.3% increase in March. On the year, industrial production was down by almost 2%. At the same time, exports also disappointed, dropping ...

In April, Germany's most prominent leading indicator, the Ifo index, improved against all odds, coming in at 86.9 from 86.7 in March. The small improvement was driven by a strong increase in the ...

In April, Japanese investors made a surprising and dramatic move by selling off a huge amount of German government bonds. According to new data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, they sold ...