The RWI Essen, full German name Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V., is one of the leading economic research institutions in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is a non-profit organization based in Essen

Essen

- Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...

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Report on the German economy

The RWI Essen is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany that, twice a year (in Spring and Autumn), submit a joint report on the state of the German economy, the so-called Gemeinschaftsdiagnose (joint diagnosis).
The other institutes are:

• Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
  Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
  The Ifo Institute for Economic Research is a Munich-based research institution. Ifo is an acronym from Information and Forschung . As one of Germany's largest economic think-tanks, it analyses economic policy and is widely known for its monthly Ifo Business Climate Index for Germany...
  
  , in Munich
  Munich
  Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
  
   in cooperation with KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle of the ETH Zürich
  ETH Zurich
  The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....
  
  , in Zürich
  Zürich
  Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
  
  , Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
  
• Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) at the University of Kiel
  University of Kiel
  The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...
  
  , in Kiel
  Kiel
  Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
  
  
• Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
  Halle Institute for Economic Research
  The Halle Institute for Economic Research is a non-profit organization and one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. The IWH was founded on January 1, 1992 and is a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community....
  
   (IWH), in Halle
  Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
  Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
  
   in cooperation with Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung in der Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung, in Düsseldorf
  Düsseldorf
  Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
  
   and Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, in Vienna
  Vienna
  Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
  
  , Austria
  Austria
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
  
  

External links

• Official Web site (German or English)
• Website of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (graduate school located at the RWI Essen)