15.02.2022 - Wealth Price Index

Q4-2021: Inflation remains high

by Philipp Immenkötter

In 2021, asset price inflation in Germany is very high at +9.2%. This development is driven by sharply rising real estate prices and the economic recovery at the beginning of the year. At mid-year, asset price inflation was curbed some-what by expect ...

19.01.2022 - Macroeconomics

Equity investment resists inflation

by Thomas Mayer

The current rise in inflation is causing investors to look for inflation-resistant investments. Equities are commonly counted among this asset class. But do they fulfil the expectation?

13.12.2021 - Wealth Price Index

H1-2021: Inflation in the Euro area higher than ever before

by Philipp Immenkötter

At mid-year 2021, asset price inflation in the Euro area amounts to +9.2%. This record price increase is being driven by real estate prices and sharply rising prices for private business wealth. Asset price inflation is particularly high in the north ...

17.11.2021 - Wealth Price Index

Q3-2021: Inflation on all fronts

by Philipp Immenkötter Pablo Duarte

Asset prices in Germany increased by +12.1%. It is the highest value since the start of the time series. Real estate, business wealth and shares in particular increased sharply in price. A recovery of the real economy, monetary and fiscal policy, ris ...

28.09.2021 - Macroeconomics

Unwinding globalization

by Agnieszka Gehringer

We are living in a far less globalizing economy today. Since at least the Great Financial Crisis the pace of globalization has slowed down significantly or even reversed in some areas. Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to some extent to have inter ...

20.08.2021 - Society & Finance

The End of the Social Market Economy

by Marius Kleinheyer

[Translate to English:]
The social market economy had already lost its substantive power before the Corona crisis. Now it has finally been replaced by the insurance state. The predetermined breaking point is the monetary system.
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