CURRENT PRESS RELEASES

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the ISL - Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics showed a further substantial increase in September 2017 from 128.5 to 129.7 (revised figures). Compared to the beginning of 2017 it gained almost six points. A similarly strong plus was last achieved in 2010. The figure for August was revised downward by…

The German economic upturn has gained both in terms of strength and breadth. In addition to consumer spending, external trade and investments are now also contributing to economic expansion. These are the conclusions drawn by the economic research institutes in their autumn report for the German federal government. Whereas the very high eco­nomic momentum in the first half of the current year will…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) continues its upward tendency as it improves from 127.9 (revised figure) to 128.8 points in August 2017. Values for the previous two months have been adjusted to a greater extent than usual. This was necessary due to an outlier in the data of one of the…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the ISL – Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics rose in July 2017 from 127.4 (revised figure) to 128.6 and reached a new all-time high. At the same time there were upward revisions – for the May value slightly and for the June value significantly. All of these figures indicate a rather strong expansion…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the ISL - Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics once more rose – albeit lightly – from 126.5 (revised figure) to 126.6 points during June 2017. Despite the downwards revisions by 0.7 points for May, there is still strong indication for a robust expansion of world trade.

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) shows a significant leap upwards in May from a (revised) 125.4 points to 127.2 points. The increase more than compensates last month’s decrease and the index reaches a new record high. Favourable values for ports which had not yet reported a month ago for…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) declined by 1.4 points during April 2017. The noticeable decline most likely reflects a correction after the extraordinarily strong increase of handling volumes recorded during March.

During March 2017, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose by a hefty 1.5 points. The index thus reached 126.0 points. This implies that the expansion of world trade continued regardless of the spectre of rising protectionist tendencies. The February estimate showed no need for revisions.

The German economy is already in the fifth year of a moderate upturn. According to the Gemeinschaftsdiagnose (GD, joint economic forecast) that was prepared by Germany’s five leading economic research institutes on behalf of the Federal Government, capacity utilization is gradually increasing, and aggregate production capacities are now likely to have slightly exceeded their normal utilisation…

During February 2017, the Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) increased by 0.5 points, reaching 124.5 points. It thus seems that world trade has gained a solid momentum. Compared to the same month a year ago, the index stood 6 points higher. A similarly strong increase was last observed in 2012.