Tuesday, February 23, 2016

German Ifo takes a dive in February

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Wake-up call. Global events have finally reached German companies’ boardrooms. At least this is one conclusion of today’s Ifo reading. Germa...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Het heilige geloof

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De Duitse kerken klagen over te weinig instroom. Van de minder dan 60 procent Duitsers die in een kerkregister zijn opgenomen, gaat slechts ...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

German growth, new risks and Bayern Munich

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Now it’s confirmed. The German economy ended the year with a decent growth performance in the final quarter. Despite increasing external hea...
Monday, February 8, 2016

German industry disappoints in December

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German industrial production dropped by a depressing 1.2% MoM in December, putting an end to a rather disappointing year for the German indu...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

ECB meeting - It ain't over till it's over

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What was expected to be a dull first meeting of the year, turned out to be an exciting ECB meeting with ECB president Mario Draghi opening t...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Solid recovery continues: German GDP grew 1.5% in 2015

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It is a strange habit of the German statistical office to release GDP data for the entire past year before actually publishing fourth quart...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

German IP disappoints in November

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This morning’s trade and production data end an almost all-German week in the Eurozone, in which macro-economic data have almost been oversh...