Events Detail

HUDSON INSTITUTE CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT POLICY
and DIW DC



FACING THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS:
THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE

Klaus F. Zimmermann, President of DIW Berlin

Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 11:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
Hudson Institute
1015 15th St, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20005

Germany’s economy, one of the worst hit by the global downturn, is forecast to show a contraction of five percent in 2009 and stagnation in 2010. Germany’s most successful exports are facing a sudden collapse in demand. In addition to stimulus measures, the government is attempting structural reform of the labor market and the banking system as well as measures to encourage entrepreneurship. Klaus F. Zimmermann, President of the German Institute for Economic Research and a regular adviser to German governments and to the President of the European Commission, discussed the political consequences in the context of the upcoming German elections in September 2009.



11:45 a.m.
Registration and Buffet Lunch

12:00 p.m.
Speaker:
Klaus F. Zimmermann, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Click Here for Mr. Zimmermann's presentation

Moderator:
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute

2:00 p.m.
Adjournment

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