Economic growth in Germany: changes in inflation, unemployment

Part of the syllabus: Macroeconomics Article
Source: Yahoo News / Deutsche Welle
Date of the article: 2017-06-26 / 2017-06-20
Link to article: German business sentiment ‘jubilant’: IfoIfo projects stronger German economic growth
Any other similar article, no matter the date, would fit the suggested talking points. Articles which talk about the Ifo report are great because there’s a little bit of analysis and a bunch of figures/facts you can use. So, Germany’s expectations of the future are better than ever before, unemployment is low and falling, inflation might start picking up as well. Can we use economic concepts to explain what is happening in the country? How are the main economic variables connected?

Talking points for your Macroeconomics Internal Assessment:

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