ifo Business Surveys: Further Results
In addition to our overall indices and the regularly published export expectations and employment barometer, we publish further results of the ifo Business Surveys - at the overall, sector or industry level. How do companies assess price developments? Are they worried about their existence? Is there a shortage of orders or materials? Especially in times of crisis, companies' assessments reveal a lot about future developments.
ifo Business Surveys: Further Results
Fewer and Fewer German Companies Plan to Increase Prices
Fewer and fewer German companies are planning to raise their prices in the next three months. For the economy as a whole, the ifo price expectations fell to 21.5 points in April, down from 27.1 points (seasonally adjusted) in March. This marks the seventh consecutive decline. “This suggests that the wave of price increases has already peaked,” says Timo Wollmershäuser, Head of Forecasts at ifo.
