YEAR-ENDER 2025: EU ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

OECD predicts slowdown in '26 / Spain to lead, Italy to lag among EU Big Four / UK expansion to ease

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Surveys show moody manufacturers / German processor morale brightens – Ifo / UK producers more upbeat

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

First fall in German business morale this year / Plastics firms more negative / European managers send mixed signals

GERMAN ECONOMY

Business confidence improves again / Plastics processors more pessimistic

GERMAN ECONOMY

More optimism in German boardrooms / Fiscal stimulus package and looming US tariffs / Mood improves among makers of plastics goods

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

German business confidence drops to pandemic levels / Optimism wanes among plastics, rubber firms / Jump in investor mood surprises

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Business confidence in Germany slumps again / Mood sours among domestic processors / German economy to shrink this year? / Euro area growth in danger

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

German business confidence drops again / Processor optimism continues lower / Concerns about German, Eurozone recoveries on the rise

YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Mood sours as 2023 winds down / Germany, Eurozone face more slow growth / Recession worries loom

EUROPEAN ECONOMY

German economy bottoms out – IfW Kiel / Major improvement unlikely / Eurozone growth falters / Inflation ticks higher

MANUFACTURING

Economic indicators in Europe show surprise gains / Recession still coming, analysts warn

EUROZONE ECONOMY

Record price growth as business activity slows / Costs to remain high / European Central Bank rate hike larger than forecast / Recession imminent?

GERMAN ECONOMY

Business confidence plunges as war rages in Ukraine / Outlook falls at record pace