Merkelnomics
Comments on the German and European economy.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
German labour market remains solid
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German labour market remains solid as a rock, defying the winter weather and the euro crisis. German unemployment increased by a non-seaso...
Friday, February 22, 2013
Watchdog finally unchained?
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You have probably heard it often enough: the worst of the crisis is over. Indeed, financial markets have excessively celebrated Mario Draghi...
Ifo signals German economy returns to league of its own
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The wow effect. Germany’s most prominent leading indicator, the Ifo index, increased in February for the fourth month in a row and stands no...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
ZEW climbs to highest level since April 2010
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Full speed ahead? The German ZEW index increased in February to the highest level since April 2010. The ZEW index which measures investors’ ...
Monday, February 18, 2013
Fiscal storm ahead?
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The European Commission’s latest economic forecasts will be presented on Friday. They should be the prelude to the first test case of the Eu...
Letter from Brussels - Scheinzwerg
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In Brüssel ist Jim Knopf kein Unbekannter. Ganz nach dem Vorbild des Scheinriesen Herrn Tur Tur, der immer größer wird je weiter man sich vo...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
German GDP drops 0.6% QoQ in 4Q 12
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Contraction confirmed. As expected, the German statistical agency just confirmed the biggest contraction of the German economy since Q1 2009...
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