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Private Equity: Creating Value

Private Equity: Creating Value Contains case studies of German companies which are financed with private equity.

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Private Equity Investor Brief

PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTOR BRIEF German Private Equity - an attractive asset class for institutional investors.

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Economic Centre Germany - The Facts

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Germany is the world’s third largest economy and Europe’s biggest.

  • German GDP accounts for about 28 % of eurozone GDP.
  • In 2007, German exports totalled €1.140 billion, which represents around a third of overall eurozone exports.
  • Its location in the heart of Europe makes Germany into a crossroads for international commerce, especially in the context of the EU’s expansion to the east.


Germany

Eurozone (forecast)

Population (in million)

82

320

GDP (in € billion)

2.423

8.866

GDP per head (in €)

29,500

27,700

Exports (in € billion)

1.140

3.648

Economic growth (in %)

2.5

2.6

Inflation (in %)

2.3

2.1

Labour force participation rate
(in % for 2006)

59.3

56.7


Figures for  2007; Source: EUROSTAT database, Statistisches Bundesamt/DESTATIS

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