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Business Cycle: Government Investment Booster Hardly Works so Far

Summary by Handelsblatt
With new depreciation rules, the Federal Government wanted to encourage companies to invest and boost the economy. However, the result is modest – and no improvement in sight.

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One year after the launch of the billion dollar investment booster, the balance sheet is sobering.

·Berlin, Germany
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With new depreciation rules, the Federal Government wanted to encourage companies to invest and boost the economy. However, the result is modest – and no improvement in sight.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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A year after the launch of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's (CDU) billion-dollar "investment booster", the balance sheet is weak. A major boost for the German economy has not yet arrived, writes the Bild newspaper today. At the same time, when presenting the program, Merz promised that Germany would be "fit for the future" again. It is as if the federal government has forgotten that the problems of the German, and by extension, European, economy are …

A year after the launch of Germany's billion-dollar "investment booster," the results are disappointing: so far, there hasn't been a major boost to the economy. The biggest problem is global uncertainty.

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Handelsblatt broke the news in Düsseldorf, Germany on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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