http://www.destatis.de Newsfeed of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany de-de Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden 2012 http://www.destatis.de/iwms-static/images/portal/destatis-logo.gif http://www.destatis.de web-admin@destatis.de Newspapers Government Site Builder 60 https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_257_799.html As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold 46.8 million hectolitres of beer in the first half of 2017. That was a decrease of 2.1% from the corresponding period of the previous year. https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_256_31231.html At the end of 2016, the number of dwellings in residential and non-residential buildings amounted to roughly 41.7 million in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the stock of dwellings excluding those in residential establishments, which have only been covered since 2011, was roughly 41.2 million. Compared with the year 2000, the stock of dwellings increased by 2.9 million or 7.5%. There were 502 dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants at the end of 2016, which was an increase of 35 dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants compared with 16 years earlier (2000: 467 dwellings). https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_255_225.html On 1 March 2017, nearly 763,000 children under three years were cared for in day care centres or by publicly funded child minders. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 41,300 children or 5.7% year on year. The increase was somewhat larger than in the preceding year (2016: +26,000 or +3.7%). https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2017/07/PE17_254_122.html The increase in the final rate of childlessness in Germany has not continued in the last few years. Previously it had continuously increased and almost doubled from 11% for women born in 1937 to 21% for those born in 1967. On the occasion of the press conference on "childlessness, births and families" held on 26 July in Berlin, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that childlessness is now stabilising for women born in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The stabilisation of the rate of childlessness is not only a consequence of immigration; it is also observed for women born in Germany. https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/InFocus/IndustryManufacturing/GermanysCarIndustryKartell.html Attention focuses on Germany's car manufacturing industry these days as leading German carmakers are suspected of having operated a cartel. Germany is one of the largest car manufacturers in the world. This is why the German car industry is so important to the country's economy.