Business Cycles

ZVEI's Business Cycles and Markets division provides reports (e.g. ZVEI Business Cycle Report, ZVEI Foreign Trade Report), on the economic development of the German Electro and Digital Industry.

ZVEI-Konjunktur-Barometer

November 2024

ZVEI Business Cycle Report November 2024

The series of declining new orders in the German electro and digital industry could not be halted in September 2024. Incoming orders fell by a further five percent compared to the previous year. 

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ZVEI-Aussenhandelsreport

October 2024

ZVEI Foreign Trade Report October 2024

Exports in the German electro and digital industry were lower in May 2024 than a year earlier. Overall, they fell by 7.6% to 18.7 billion euros. Following the previous interim increase in April, the latest renewed decline in deliveries means that the recovery in foreign trade in electrical and electronic products continues to be delayed.

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