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

January 2025

ZVEI Business Cycle Report January 2025

New orders did not gain any noticeable momentum in November. In addition, the October figure was revised downwards, meaning that the initially reported increase turned out to be stagnation in retrospect.

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ZVEI-Aussenhandelsreport

December 2024

ZVEI Foreign Trade Report December 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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