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Germany’s DAX 30 index jumps above 12,000 for first time
March 16th, 2015
Germany’s DAX 30 index DAX, +1.07% jumped to an all-time intra-day high on Monday, climbing above the 12,000 mark for the first time ever. The index briefly touched 12,001.98, but fell back to trade up 0.8% at 11,991.92 at the latest. The ...
Germany’s Finance Minister Calls on Lawmakers to Back Greek Bailout Extension
February 27th, 2015
Wolfgang Schäuble spoke to German lawmakers ahead of a parliamentary vote Germany’s finance minister called on lawmakers to back a four-month extension of Greece’s bailout, arguing that voting against the bill would cause Germany’s future “great damage.” “Greece needs much ...
It’s Germany vs. Greece, And The Very Survival Of The Eurozone Is At Stake
February 20th, 2015
Is this the beginning of the end for the eurozone? On Thursday, Germany rejected a Greek request for a six-month loan extension. The Germans insisted that the Greek proposal did not require the Greeks to adhere to the austerity ...
Portugal backs Germany on debt deal for Greece
February 20th, 2015
Portuguese Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque insisted in a German newspaper interview on Friday that Greece must fulfil the current conditions of its international bailout. “There is a framework within which we are prepared to talk to the Greek ...
Germany rejects Greek claim for World War Two reparations
February 10th, 2015
Germany said on Monday there was “zero” chance of it paying World War Two reparations to Athens, following a renewed demand from Greece’s new leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Tsipras, in his first major speech to parliament on Sunday, laid ...
Germany Stands To Be Big Winner of Much-Opposed ECB Stimulus
February 2nd, 2015
Germany, the biggest opponent of the European Central Bank’s new stimulus program, is poised to reap immediate benefits from the effort—an irony that underscores the complexities of designing one monetary policy for the 19-member currency area. The ECB’s program, ...
Unemployment rate in Germany falls to record low
January 7th, 2015
Things are looking up in the eurozone’s biggest economy, Germany, but far from rosy for its southern neighbour, Italy. Germany’s unemployment rate for December came in at a better than expected 6.5 per cent, down from 6.6 per cent ...
Investor sentiment in Germany rose sharply in December
December 17th, 2014
Investor sentiment in Germany rose sharply in December, spiking 23.4 points to 34.9 in December, according to an investor confidence index. It is the highest level since May 2014. The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW – Zentrum für ...
How Did Germany Limit Unemployment in the Recession?
December 8th, 2014
Here’s a puzzle: During the Great Recession, the total contraction in economic output was noticeably larger in Germany than in the United States, but the rise in the unemployment rate was noticeably higher in the United States than in ...
Germany to introduce legal quotas for women on company boards
November 26th, 2014
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition parties agreed on Tuesday to a draft law that would force Germany’s leading listed companies to allocate 30 percent of the seats on non-executive boards to women from 2016 onward. Although Europe’s biggest economy has a female ...
