Germany’s economy has shown surprising signs of strength lately. Consumer, investor and business confidence has rebounded, factories are taking more orders and growth is the fastest since 2022.
This wasn’t on most economists’ bingo cards for 2026. Beleaguered by high energy costs, cut-throat Chinese competition and swathes of red tape, Germany is perennially called “the sick man of Europe”.
But nobody is quite sure whether the patient is set to climb out of the sick bed. If you want to figure that out, you might be better off consulting a meteorologist rather than an economist.
