#German #BusinessExpectations for September stood at 86.3, matching forecasts but down from 86.8 in August. #CurrentAssessment was 84.4, below the expected 86.1 and prior 86.5.
The #Ifo #BusinessClimate index fell to 85.4, under the expected 86.1 and previous 86.6.

#Germany

Germany's Business Expectations for Jul dropped to 86.9, missing the consensus of 89.0 and down from 88.8 in Jun. #Germany #BusinessExpectations #Economy

Germany's June business indicators fell short;

#BusinessExpectations at 89.0 vs 91.0 forecast.
#CurrentAssessment steady at 88.3.
Ifo #BusinessClimate Index at 88.6 vs 89.4 forecast.

#Germany #Economy

In May, German #BusinessExpectations rose to 90.4 (prev 89.7, cons 90.5). #CurrentAssessment dropped to 88.3 (prev 88.9, cons 89.9). #Ifo #BusinessClimate steady at 89.3, below consensus of 90.4. Mixed outlook with slight optimism for future but weaker current conditions.#Germany

#CensusResearch in IZA Working papers: "Investment and Subjective Uncertainty" by Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Lucia Foster, Scott Ohlmacher, Itay Saporta-Eksten #BusinessExpectations #Uncertainty #Investment

https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/15710/investment-and-subjective-uncertainty

Investment and Subjective Uncertainty

A longstanding challenge in evaluating the impact of uncertainty on investment is obtaining measures of managers' subjective uncertainty. We address t...