STA: Half of self-employed in Germany face a shortage of orders

Almost every second self-employed person surveyed (48.4%) reported too little orders in April, after 50.6% in January. This means that the share of self-employed people is still significantly higher than that of the economy as a whole (37.3%). "The weak order situation remains a serious problem," says ifo expert Katrin Demmelhuber. Uncertainty among self-employed people has increased: respondents find it increasingly difficult to predict their b…

Just under half of self-employed respondents in Germany reported a lack of orders in April. This is down from just over half in January, but remains well above the economy-wide rate of just over 37 percent.

Just under half of self-employed respondents in Germany reported a lack of orders in April. This is down from a few in January, when there were...