Vehicles still driving the downturn in Germany

We estimate that the direct and indirect effects of the slump in vehicle production account for around half of the downturn in German industrial production since the beginning of last year. A sustained recovery will not take place until the sector is back on track, which we suspect could be a long time yet.

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