Merkelnomics
Comments on the German and European economy.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
German labour market weathers economic slowdown but not the snow
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Less magic but still sound. German unemployment increased by a non-seasonally adjusted 298,400 in January, bringing the number of unemployed...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Eurozone sentiment improves in January - danke schoen Deutschland
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Still no positive contagion in real economy. At first glance, today’s economic sentiment indicators add to evidence that the worst of the eu...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Did anyone say shrinking?
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One of the latest "hot stories" is the so-called currency war. The theory goes that central banks try to weaken their currencies b...
Friday, January 25, 2013
Ifo points to quick end of German contraction
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The crisis is over. At least in Germany and at least if one believes in the forecasting power of the Ifo. Germany’s most prominent leading i...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Eurozone - Obviously enjoying the silence
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At the first Eurogroup meeting of the year, Eurozone finance ministers gave the green light for the next tranche of the Greek loan and ap...
Monday, January 21, 2013
Elections in Lower Saxony - Change, but no wind of change (yet)
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Yesterday’s regional elections in Lower Saxony delivered a last-minute victory of the two major opposition parties. The ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
No need to be afraid of a stronger euro (yet)
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