German export market shares have been contracting since 2017, and especially since 2021. According to the latest Monthly Report, this is largely due to a deterioration in the competitiveness of the German economy. More than three-quarters of the losses in market shares between 2021 and 2023 were the result of supply-side constraints. In this issue, the authors look at what is behind the decline in German export market shares and derive possible structural reforms.

In der aktuellen Umfragerunde meldeten die Unternehmen per saldo einen weitgehend unveränderten Bedarf an Bankkrediten (per saldo meldete 1 % einen geringeren Bedarf, verglichen mit 4 % im Vorquartal) (siehe Abbildung 2).