Optimism in the German economy

Contrary to the expected -12 points, the Mannheim-based ZEW research institute’s prosperity index of February jumped to +5.4 points, entering into a positive range, the first time since May 2011

In January the index closed on -21.6 points, so we can talk about a significant improvement in the economic expectations of the German companies.

The sub-indices to assess the current situation, jumped to +40.3 points, from the +28.4 points of January, while +30 points was expected – reports portfolio.hu.