Our figure of the month
In today's information age we are surrounded by an almost infinite amount of data. Each month, the GWS-WiSo-team selects a particularly interesting economic and/or social topic or question from the multitude of available information, which is highlighted as the "number of the month". The current number as well as the earlier numbers of the month can be found here.
Our figure of the month 11/2015: Latent risk of German exports
What is known as Hermesdeckung offers exporting firms the opportunity to bail their export businesses. In this context, countries are being classified with respect to their guarantee to pay back their credit. This classification ranges…
Our figure of the month 10/2015: increasing backlog in the construction sector
The backlog in the construction sector, i.e. the work under construction at the end of the year, has been increasing by 41% over the last five years. This stands for a total of 140 thousand dwellings. On the same time the number of future…