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Germany Dax Index (weekly), 20 week exponential average in green, 5 week exponential average in red, 52 week ROC (rate of change) in yellow, MACD (moving average convergence divergence) in green.
 
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4/23/08 German business sentiment fell from 104.8 to 102.4.
2/4/08 China is building an enormous logistics facility covering nearly 70 hectares for the newly-launched Sino-Germany Container Railway. It is predicted that the volume of Germany-bound boxes on this railway will reach 20,000 to 26,000 TEU by 2010 while Beijing-bound boxes will be about 10,000 TEU.
1/15/08 Germany's GDP rose 2.5% in 2007.
1/7/08 Germany's cocoa grindings rose 17% in 2007.
1/3/08 The unemployment rate in Germany improved from 8.6% to 8.4% in December, the lowest in 15 years.
12/19/07 Business confidence in Germany fell from 104.2 to 103.0 in December -- a two year low.
11/30/07 Retail sales in Germany fell 2.7%
11/27/07 Business confidence in Germany rose from 103.9 to 104.2 in November, stronger than expected.
10/30/07 Germany's unemployment rate fell from 8.8% to 8.7%.
10/24/07 Germanys leading economic indicators fell 0.8% in August.
9/28/07 Germany's unemployment rate improved to 8.8% in September.
9/6/07 Manufacturing orders in Germany fell 7.1% in July, weaker than expected.
8/29/07 Confidence in Germany fell from 8.5 to 7.6 in August, weaker than expected.
6/23/07 The Ifo Institute's index of business confidence in Germany fell from 108.6 to 107.0 in June.
5/22/07 An index of investor confidence in Germany increased from 16.5 to 24.0 in May, the highest score in 11 months.
1/3/07 Germany's unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6% in December.
12/19/06 German business confidence increased from 106.8 to 108.7
12/14/06 Germany's Ifo economic institute predicts the economy will grow 2.5% in 2006 and 1.9% in 2007.
12/12/06 German Economic Sentiment at -19 vs. -25 expected.
German Current Situation at 63.5 vs. 55.3 expected.
10/26/06 Business confidence in Germany increased from 104.9 to 105.3 in October, more than expected.
10/12/06 Consumer prices in Germany were down 0.5% in September and up 1.0% YoY.
10/9/06 Industrial production in Germany rose 1.9% in August.
9/26/06 Germany's September Ifo business confidence index fell slightly to 104.9 from 105.0 in August, but was stronger than market expectations for a decline to 104.4.
9/7/06 Industrial production in Germany was up 1.2% in July.
9/6/06 Germany's factory orders were up 1.8% in July.
8/30/06 Germany's retail sales were down 1.5% in July.
8/24/06 The Ifo index of business confidence in Germany dropped from 105.6 to 105.0 in August, less than expected.
8/18/06 YoY Germany's July producer price index was up 6.0% versus. 5.9% exp. -- just slightly below June's 24-year high of +6.1%.
8/4/06 German June factory orders unexpectedly declined -0.5% from a changed -1.5% decline in May.
8/4/06 The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for German economic growth this year to 1.4 percent from 1.3.
8/1/06 Germany's July unemployment rate fell to a 2-year low of 10.6% from 10.8%.
7/31/06 Retail sales in Germany rose 1.9% in June
7/17/06 The German newspaper Die Welt reported Monday that Europe's biggest computer maker, Fujitsu-Siemens, wants to go back to the 40-hour work week to save on production costs and keep the plants going, "If we respect the 35-hour week, we will not be able to maintain our factories at Augsburg and Soemmerda. " Fujitsu-Siemens chief executive Bernd Bischoff said.
6/30/06 Germany's retail sales were down 2.2% in May, but up 1.9% YoY.
Producer prices in Germany were up 0.1% in May and up 6.2%YoY.
5/8/06 Business confidence in Germany rose from 103.4 to 105.4 in March, the highest in 15 years.
1/25/06 The Ifo index of business confidence in Germany increased from 99.7 to 102.0 in January
1/12/06 Germany's GDP was up 0.9% in 2005.
1/9/06 The German government approved a 25 billion Euro spending program designed to give momentum to a weak economic upturn.
1/3/06 Germany's unemployment rate improved from 11.4% to 11.2% in December.
12/28/05 Consumer confidence in Germany increased from 3.4 to 3.8 in December, the highest in six months.
12/8/05 Industrial production in Germany increased 1.1% in October
11/2/05 Germany's unemployment rate improved from 11.2% to 11.0% in October with 4.556 million people out of work.
10/25/05 Business confidence in Germany increased from 96.0 to 98.7 in October, the highest in five years.
09/29/05 Germany's unemployment rate increased from 11.6% to 11.7% in September.
08/25/05 YoY Consumer prices in Germany were up 1.9% in August.
08/04/05 German factory orders were up 2.4% in June, stronger than expected.
07/28/05 Germany's unemployment rate improved from 11.7% to 11.6% in July.
07/26/05 Business confidence in Germany rose to a five-month high in July. The Ifo institute in Munich said  its business confidence index rose to 95 from 93.3.
06/29/05 The International Monetary Fund reduced its estimate of German GDP growth in 2006 from 1.8% to 1.3%.
06/27/05 The Ifo Institute's index of business confidence in Germany increased from 92.9 to 93.3 in June.
06/07/05 Germany's industrial production was up 1.1% in April.
06/06/05 Factory orders in Germany were down 2.9% in April, weaker than expected.
05/31/05 Germany's unemployment rate dropped from 12% to 11.6% in May.
05/25/05 An index of German business confidence from the Ifo Institute dropped from 93.3 to 92.9 in May, the lowest in two years.
05/12/05 YoY Germany's GDP was up 1.0% in the first quarter.
05/11/05 YoY consumer prices in Germany were up 1.6% in April .
04/28/05 The unemployment rate in Germany dropped from 12.5% to 12.0% in April. The number of unemployed  fell from 5.18 to 4.97 million.
04/26/05 Six economic institutes in Germany reduced their estimate of 2005 GDP growth for Germany from 1.5% to 0.7%.
04/25/05 An index of business confidence in Germany dropped from 94.0 to 93.3 in April, the lowest reading in over a year.
04/18/05 Germany's central bank said that the economy grew 0.2% in the first quarter of 2005.
03/09/05 Industrial production in Germany increased 3.1% in January, more than expected.
03/04/05 Manufacturing orders in Germany were down 3.4% in January.
03/02/05 Retail sales in Germany were up 2.1% in January, stronger than expected. YoY retail sales were down 0.4%.
03/01/05 Germanys unemployment rate is at 11.7%, the highest in seven years.
02/25/05 An index of consumer confidence in Germany increased from 4.2 to 4.8 in February, the highest in almost a year.
02/23/05 Ifo's index of business confidence in Germany dropped from 97.5 to 95.5 in February.
02/18/05 Consumer prices in Germany were down 0.4% in January and up 1.6% YoY.
02/15/05 In Germany, the GDP shrank 0.2% in the fourth quarter after posting no growth in the third quarter.
02/08/05 Industrial production in Germany increased 1.2% in December, slightly more than expected.
02/04/05 Manufacturing orders in Germany increased 7.1% in December, much more than expected and the biggest monthly increase in at least 14 years.
02/03/05 German retail sales were down 2.7% in December from a year ago, the lowest in ten years.
02/02/05 Germany's adjusted unemployment rate was 11.4% in January, the highest in seven years. Unadjusted figures show that more than 5 million people are unemployed, the most since World War II.
01/26/05 Germany's Ifo Institute said that its index of business confidence increased from 96.2 to 96.4 in December, stronger than expected.
01/25/05 Germany's government reduced it growth estimate for 2005 from 1.7% to 1.6%.
01/13/05 Germany's GDP was up 1.7% in 2004, the most in four years.
01/12/05 YoY consumer prices in Germany were up 2.1% in December.
01/10/05 YoY German exports were up 13.2% in November, while imports were up 12.5%.
01/07/05 Manufacturing orders in Germany were down 2.3% in November, weaker than expected.
01/06/05 German retail sales were down 2.5% in November, weaker than expected.
01/04/05 4.48 million Germans were out of work in December, the most in seven years. The unemployment rate remained at 10.8%.
01/03/05 38.4 million Germans had a job in 2004, up 0.3% from a year ago and the first increase in three years.
12/29/04 An index of consumer confidence in Germany increased from 2.6 to 2.9 in December, the highest in six months.
12/17/04 The Ifo index of business sentiment in Germany increased from 94.1 to 96.2 in December, much stronger than expected.
12/09/04 Industrial output in Germany was up .6% in October.
12/07/04 An index of investor confidence in Germany increased from 13.9 to 14.4 in December, stronger than expected.
12/06/04 Factory orders in Germany were up 1.1% in October, stronger than expected.
12/02/04 Germany's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased from 10.7% to 10.8% in November with 4.46 million unemployed.
11/17/04 Peter Bofinger, a member of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's council of economic advisers, said the European Central Bank should sell euros to stem the currency's advance against the U.S. dollar, which threatens to derail Germany's recovery from three years of stagnation. (Everyone including the US seems to want  a lower $)
11/11/04 Germany's GDP was up .1% in the third quarter, weaker than expected. Exports were down on the quarter for the first time in five quarters, hurt by the higher value of the eurocurrency. Year over year the GDP was up 1.3%.
11/09/04 An index of investor confidence in Germany dropped from 31.3 to 13.9 in November, weaker than expected.
11/05/04 Industrial production in Germany was down 1.2% in September, hurt by rising oil prices and higher eurocurrency.
The unadjusted unemployment rate in Germany dropped from 10.3% to 10.1% in October.
11/02/04 Retail sales in Germany were down .4% in September.
10/25/04 The Ifo Institute's index of business confidence in Germany increased from 95.2 to 95.3 in October, stronger than expected.
10/18/04 Germany's six leading research institutes said the budget deficit next year is expected to breach the EU stability pact criteria of 3 pct of GDP for the fourth year in a row. The reports said the six institutes forecast the deficit next year to be at 3.5 pct compared with the 3.8 pct they expect for this year
10/11/04 An index of investor confidence in Germany fell from 38.4 to 31.3 in September, the lowest in over a year.
09/27/04 The Ifo index of business confidence in Germany slipped from 95.3 to 95.2 in September.
09/02/04 Germany's unemployment rate in August was at 10.6%, the number of unemployed increased to 4.41 million. West Germany's unemployment rate is at 8.6% and East Germany's is at 18.3%.
06/12/04 Industrial production rose in April by 2.2% the biggest rise since October. Inflation in wholesale prices is at 3.6 % in the year to May.
01/27/04 Ifo's index of West German business confidence increased from 96.9 to 97.4 in December, the highest reading in three years.
01/22/04 Retail sales in Germany were down 1% in 2003, the second year of decline.