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Activity of the world economy has accelerated at the end of the previous year. Particularly, production has grown rapidly in advanced economies. The upswing of the US economy has further improved since last summer. Similarly, the recovery of the Euro area that had been expected in summer has materialized. In contrast, the Japanese economy has not fully overcome the recent downturn. Though…

The RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index has improved notably in January to a new record high of 120.7. It indicates the stability of the world trade upswing. However, the December value had to be revised by 2.4 points down to 117.5.

The RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index has improved again in November. It rose from its October value of 117.0 to 117.4. At the same time, the September value was slightly revised upwards as some ports retroactively published higher handling volumes than in the previously reported preliminary data. The Index thereby increased for the fifth month in a row, hence confirming that the international…

The RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index increased slightly from a revised 116.5 to 117.0. At the same time, the values of August and September were revised upwards slightly and now points towards an accelerating growth of international merchandise exchange. Compared with the multi-annual average, the gains are still small.

The sideward movement of world trade observed since early 2013 continued in September, as evidenced by the latest RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index. With 116.2 points, the September index exactly matches last year’s value.

The German economy is on the verge of an upturn driven by domestic demand. The improving global economic climate and decreasing uncertainty are fuelling investment. Private consumption is benefitting from favourable employment and income prospects. Real gross domestic product looks set to grow by 1.8 percent in 2014, after an increase of just 0.4 percent this year. Consumer prices are expected to…

According to the August RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index, international merchandise trade continued the sideward movement observed since the beginning of the year. The Index deteriorated slightly from a corrected 116.1 in July to 116.0. Since seven months now the index is stuck at a more or less unchanged level.

The global economy has only slightly improved in the first half of this year. Growth has picked up in advanced economies but slowed down in emerging markets. Several emerging economies have lost confidence among investors. Together with signs that the Fed will start scaling back its quantitative easing, this has triggered capital outflows causing substantial currency depreciations in serveral…

In line with the observations since the beginning of this year, the international exchange of goods continued the move sideways last month. This is indicated by the Container Throughput Index of the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL).

The RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index decreased notably from a corrected 116.3 to 115.3 in June. The index is continuing to move up and down as in the previous months. The underlying trend...