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Number of people in need of care rises significantly again in 2024

The latest figures from the business statistics of the long-term care insurance funds and private mandatory long-term care insurance show that in 2024, around 6.02 million people in Germany…

Energy price modelling in PANTA RHEI: Focus on fuel prices

A new, component-based model for energy consumption prices has been implemented in the national PANTA RHEI model, enabling a systematic breakdown into procurement costs, energy, CO₂ and VAT,…

Quality over quantity – the felling of damaged timber in Germany is falling at a disproportionately high rate

According to figures from the Federal Statistical Office, timber harvesting in Germany fell by 6.4% in 2025 compared with the previous year, to around 57.3 million m³. This marks a continuation…

LÄNDER model: Improved data set thanks to the 2040 traffic forecast

The latest GWS Briefing 2026/7 documents the update to the LÄNDER model. Previous distance-based estimation methods used to map interregional supply chain linkages between the 16 federal…

The housing market is easing

Conditions for buying a home are improving in Germany. Although prices are again rising slightly (2025: +0.9%), the development of wages is stronger. Therefor the affordability is increasing.…

Decline in retail trade primarily affects small businesses

Whether it is increasing competition from online retailers and large foreign companies (e.g. Amazon, Shein, Temu), businesses closing due to a lack of successors, declining footfall in city…

The current GWS global trade projection up to 2050

The global trade model GINFORS – Global INdustry FORecasting System – is updated once a year. At the beginning of each year, an updated projection of global trade is available, which is…

Services in world trade

The majority of world trade is determined by the international exchange of goods. With increasing globalisation, but above all with increasing digitalisation, trade in services has increased…

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