IFO economist out with his post-survey comments

  • German economy does not appear to be affected by weak data from emerging markets
  • export expectations remain positive
  • diesel emissions scandal does not appear to be having an impact

Really?

  • influx of refugees not having an impact on business sentiment

Of course not. Cheap labour rarely does.

Private consumption in Nov but revised down by the same margin (0.1%) in October according to the earlier Q3 GDP finals while domestic demand showed good improvement qq