Business Cycles

ZVEI's Business Cycles and Markets division provides reports (e.g. ZVEI Business Cycle Report, ZVEI Foreign Trade Report), on the economic development of the German Electro and Digital Industry.

ZVEI-Konjunktur-Barometer

July 2025

ZVEI Business Cycle Report July 2025

New orders in the German electro and digital industry rose for the third straight month in May 2025. Overall, they exceeded their pre-year value by two percent in the latest reporting month. However, an increase in foreign bookings by five and a half percent and a decrease in domestic orders by two and a half percent have faced each other this time. In the first five months of this year taken together, the value of incoming orders was five percent up compared to the same period one year earlier.

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ZVEI-Aussenhandelsreport

June 2025

ZVEI Foreign Trade Report June 2025

With a value of €20.1bn, exports of the German electro and digital industry slightly failed their respective pre-year figure by 0.9% in April 2025. On the one hand, the recent setback contrasts with the high growth rate seen in March. Then again, immediate upheavals due to President Trump’s so-called liberation day have stayed out so far.

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