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Inflation, contraction to plague German economy in 2023
he institute reversed its June forecast of 3.7% growth for 2023 and now predicts that Europe’s largest economy will contract by 0.3%
The buildings of the banking district are seen in Frankfurt, Germany. For 2022, Ifo lowered its growth forecast to 1.6 per cent from 2.5 per cent and raised its inflation forecast to 8.1 per cent from 6.8 per cent. — File photo
Germany’s economy will contract next year as a dramatic rise in energy costs due to the war in Ukraine extinguishes the chances of recovery after pandemic-related lockdowns, the Ifo institute said on Monday in a U-turn from its forecast three months prior.
The institute reversed its June forecast of 3.7 per cent growth for 2023 and now predicts that Europe’s largest economy will contract by 0.3 per cent. At the same time, it bumped up its forecast for 2023 inflation by 6 percentage points to 9.3 per cent.
For 2022, Ifo lowered its growth forecast to 1.6 per cent from 2.5 per cent and raised its inflation forecast to 8.1 per cent from 6.8 per cent.
“The cuts in gas supplies from Russia over the summer and the drastic price increases they triggered are wreaking havoc on the economic recovery following the coronavirus,” said Timo Wollmershaeuser, head of Ifo’s economic forecasts.
The first quarter of 2023 will be particularly rough for consumers as energy suppliers adjust their prices in response to high procurement costs, driving inflation to around 11 per cent, said the institute.
As a result, households will see their purchasing power decline, with a government relief package mitigating the blow but falling far short of offsetting it, the institute said.
“The loss of purchasing power, as measured by the decline in real per capita wages this year and next by about 3 percent each, is higher than at any time since the current system of national accounts was introduced in 1970,” Wollmershaeuser said.
Price increases should gradually weaken over the course of the coming year – calculated under the assumption that there will be enough gas in winter - and energy prices will begin sinking in spring 2023 at the latest, said the institute.
For 2024, the Ifo, part of a group of institutes whose estimates form the basis for the government’s own forecast, predicts economic growth of 1.8 per cent and inflation at 2.5 per cent.
The German economy grew slightly in the second quarter, propped up by household and government spending. — Reuters
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