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Cautious Optimism and Wild Cards: What FDI Says About the German Economy

Cautious Optimism and Wild Cards: What FDI Says About the German Economy

Update: 2024-01-232
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Never mind the doom-and-gloom headlines. Kearney’s most recent FDI Confidence Index suggests international companies still bullish on Germany. Big-ticket business expansions support that view.

Germany’s GDP growth has slowed recently, and the number of FDI projects are slightly lower, but the country’s long-term stability and even its transition to sustainable industry are still attracting big projects in critical sectors as pharma, microchips and battery production. Eli Lilly and Company, Intel and Northvolt are just some of companies pushing ahead with gigantic endeavors in Germany. But what challenges await in the future?


Our Guests:


Terry Toland is a co-author of the Kearney 2023 Foreign Direct Investment Index and the thought leadership manager at the firm’s Global Business Policy Council.


Robert Hermann is the CEO of Germany Trade & Invest, Berlin’s international economic promotion agency.

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Cautious Optimism and Wild Cards: What FDI Says About the German Economy

Cautious Optimism and Wild Cards: What FDI Says About the German Economy

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