[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Neil Sethi [@neilksethi](/creator/twitter/neilksethi) on x 12.5K followers Created: 2025-07-25 12:43:33 UTC Germany's closely watched Ifo index of biz sentiment improved in July for the 5th mth in the past X to the highest since May '24 boosted by the expectations component rising to the highest since Apr '23. A gauge of current conditions also continued its more modest rise to the best since since last July. “Sentiment among German companies has improved somewhat,” Ifo President Clemens Fuest said Friday in a statement. “There is the hope now that there will be a deal with the US and maybe also less uncertainty about how things will be going on and what tariffs will be,” Fuest later told Bloomberg TV. “It would be something German exporters could live with.” Fuest said government efforts to boost investments are already lifting the mood among companies. Ifo, along with several of its peers, lifted its outlook last month and now predicts growth of XXX% in 2025. That follows contractions in each of the previous two years. ING: A wave of optimism seems to have caught the German economy, but it remains unclear whether it is really based on stronger fundamentals or just wishful thinking. It's probably a combination of both. And to be more precise, the wave of optimism has caught corporate life, not households. While the Ifo index looks almost unstoppable, consumer confidence has fallen for two months in a row and remains weak.  XXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [mth](/topic/mth) [Sentiment](/topic/sentiment) [biz](/topic/biz) [Post Link](https://x.com/neilksethi/status/1948725812741492786)
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Neil Sethi @neilksethi on x 12.5K followers
Created: 2025-07-25 12:43:33 UTC
Germany's closely watched Ifo index of biz sentiment improved in July for the 5th mth in the past X to the highest since May '24 boosted by the expectations component rising to the highest since Apr '23. A gauge of current conditions also continued its more modest rise to the best since since last July.
“Sentiment among German companies has improved somewhat,” Ifo President Clemens Fuest said Friday in a statement. “There is the hope now that there will be a deal with the US and maybe also less uncertainty about how things will be going on and what tariffs will be,” Fuest later told Bloomberg TV. “It would be something German exporters could live with.” Fuest said government efforts to boost investments are already lifting the mood among companies.
Ifo, along with several of its peers, lifted its outlook last month and now predicts growth of XXX% in 2025. That follows contractions in each of the previous two years.
ING: A wave of optimism seems to have caught the German economy, but it remains unclear whether it is really based on stronger fundamentals or just wishful thinking. It's probably a combination of both. And to be more precise, the wave of optimism has caught corporate life, not households. While the Ifo index looks almost unstoppable, consumer confidence has fallen for two months in a row and remains weak.
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