Surveys such as the ifo index show that German business leaders are gloomy about the future.

ifo指数等调查显示，德国商界领袖对未来感到悲观。

On November 22nd the IFO Institute released a survey showing that of the 59% of manufacturers that use natural gas for their production, three in four managed to save gas without reducing output.

11 月 22 日，IFO 研究所发布的一项调查显示，在 59% 使用天然气进行生产的制造商中，四分之三的人设法在不减少产量的情况下节省了天然气。

One particularly gloomy forecast in late September by the IFO Institute in Munich and other leading economic-research institutes, estimated that Germany's gdp could shrink by 7.9% next year should such an emergency be declared.

慕尼黑 IFO 研究所和其他主要经济研究机构在 9 月下旬做出的一项特别悲观的预测估计，如果宣布紧急状态， 明年德国的 GDP 可能会收缩 7. 9%。