Monday, February 24, 2014

En route for a gold medal?

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German businesses remain diehard optimists. The February Ifo just increased to the highest level since July 2011 and stands at 111.3, from 1...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

German headache for the ECB?

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The return of the island of happiness? While confidence indicators in other major economies softened, optimism in the German economy remains...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Herrieschoppers in rode toga

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Het zijn geen makkelijke tijden voor Europa. Populistische partijen lopen zich warm voor de Europese verkiezingen, in Nederland presenteert ...
Friday, February 7, 2014

No year-end sprint for the German economy

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Another setback. German industrial production disappointed in December, dropping by 0.6% MoM from +2.4% MoM in November. The two-months-aver...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Recovery hopes win from deflation fears (at least for now)

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The ECB kept its powder dry at today’s meeting. As expected, it must have been a very close call but eventually the ECB followed the old say...

Only small drop in German new orders

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German new orders decreased in December, dropping by 0.5% MoM, from a 2.4% increase in November. On the year, new orders are still up by a s...
Monday, January 27, 2014

Strong Ifo reading increases German growth conundrum

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German businesses remain diehard optimists. The January Ifo just increased to the highest level since July 2011 and stands at 110.6, from 10...