People are increasingly dissatisfied with the (lacking) availability of affordable housing.

Investments of US businesses in China have fallen strongly against the background of rising geopolitical tensions.

Reviewing studies of degrowth "the large majority (almost 90%) of [degrowth] studies are opinions rather than analysis; few studies use quantitative or qualitative data, and even fewer ones use formal modelling.. tend to include small samples or focus on non-representative cases"

German economic activity is forecast to decline again in 2024 (after negative growth in 2023), with stagnation following in 2025 and 2026. Given the German economy's size and trade links, this is a drag on growth for the €zone as a whole.

Tax revenues in France coming in lower than expected with sluggish growth, implying larger fiscal deficits than anticipated. It's unrealistic that France will meet reformed EU fiscal rules.

Deutsche Bank CEO Sewing lacks intellectual depth if he really thinks that the reason for the German economy's troubles over recent years is that German workers have become lazier.

Austria, Czechia, Germany and Finland among the weakest real GDP performers in the EU since the start of the pandemic. Strongest growth in Croatia, Poland, Denmark, Bulgaria. chart via Daniel Kral