WIESBADEN – November 02, 2026 -- German retail sales fell 2.0% in real terms in September 2026 from August on a calendar- and seasonally adjusted basis, according to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Nominal sales declined 1.5% over the same period.

Year on year, real sales dropped 2.3% against September 2025, while nominal sales rose 1.2%. The gap between real and nominal figures points to price effects in the sector.

WIESBADEN – October 30, 2026 -- The number of employed people living in Germany was unchanged in September 2026 on a seasonally adjusted basis, at about 45.60 million, but sat 211,000 (0.5%) below the level of a year earlier, according to preliminary Destatis figures.

The adjusted monthly change was -4,000 people (0.0%). From January to August 2026, employment had fallen by an average of 19,000 people per month, so the September reading marks a pause in that pace of decline.

Wiesbaden – October 27, 2026 -- German households saved 18.9% of their gross disposable income in 2025, 4.6 percentage points above the European Union average of 14.3%, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), which published the data ahead of World Savings Day on Oct. 30/31.

Wiesbaden – September 15, 2026 -- Real revenue in Germany's licensed craft trades sector fell 1.4% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported in preliminary figures. Employment in the sector dropped 1.9% by the end of June 2026 versus a year earlier.

Wiesbaden – September 08, 2026 -- Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) will publish a wave of economic indicators between September 7 and September 11, 2026, including final August inflation figures and first-half insolvency statistics.

Destatis opens the week with July production data on September 7

The production index for July 2026 (Report No. 316) will be released Monday, September 7, offering the first read on German industrial output for the month.

Wiesbaden – – September 08, 2026 -- New orders for Germany's manufacturing sector rose 2.5% month-on-month in July 2026 on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, according to preliminary data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), driven almost entirely by a surge in large-scale aircraft, ship and rail contracts.