The weekly activity index (WAI) is an index designed to measure real economic activity in Germany in a timely manner. The index is based on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly indicators for the German economy.

Update as of 26 May 2025

• For the week of 19 May - 25 May (week 21) the WAI stands at -0.3. The decrease was thus stronger than that in the preceding week (previously -0.1).
• The index value indicates that trend-adjusted economic activity (measured by the WAI) in the 13 weeks up to 25 May was 0.3 % below activity in the preceding 13 weeks.
• The WAI-implied GDP growth rate for the last 13 weeks up to 25 May compared with the preceding 13 weeks is -0.3 %.

Due to missing data for the indicator realised electricity consumption for 20 May, the WAI was calculated without this data point.

The next update is scheduled for 2 June 2025.

Note

The WAI is still a work in progress; it is constantly undergoing revision and, when necessary, adjusted (see Methodology). The WAI is not an official forecast of the Deutsche Bundesbankor the Eurosystem.

Citation

Please cite this report as follows:
Eraslan, S. and T. Götz (2020), An unconventional weekly economic activity index for Germany, Deutsche Bundesbank Technical Paper, 02/2020. Data retrieved from www.bundesbank.de/wai.