The old order of globalisation may be collapsing – and bringing Germany with it
German car giants, threatened by Chinese rival, employ 7% of total workforce and contribute about 5% of the annual tax take
German car giants, threatened by Chinese rival, employ 7% of total workforce and contribute about 5% of the annual tax take
Unexpected 1% fall in output undermines hopes Europe’s largest economy was slowly overcoming malaise
German central bank president Joachim Nagel urges Berlin to relax rules to address defence and infrastructure shortfalls
Europe’s powerhouse economy may already be in a recession, Bundesbank says
Influential poll of purchasing managers points to sharp decline in activity in the region’s manufacturing sector
Makhlouf adds voice to growing clamour for July ECB rate hike
Frankfurt is expected to start sequence of rate increases to stop high inflation becoming entrenched
Rouble rebound shows energy-avoiding sanctions have had limited impact
Berlin refuses to make it prohibitively expensive for Putin’s Russia to kill people
Nagel replaces Jens Weidmann, who quit five years early after a decade of opposition to ECB policy
SPD-led coalition promises ‘decade of investment’ but fails to explain who will pay for it
Economy has since been hit by fresh wave of Covid cases
Bank chief saw himself as out of step with likely new German government
Supply bottlenecks and concerns over newly rising infection numbers are weighing economy
Industrial Germany is a carbon addict, and the CDU is wedded to the carbon economy that has served Germany so well for 50 years
Activity likely to reach pre-crisis levels as soon as this summer, the Bundesbank said
Demand increases by 2.9 per cent, nearly twice as much as predicted by economists
Economic rebound is ‘uncertain and uneven’ but ECB has ‘not fired its last cartridges’
Coronavirus vaccine may be necessary before a complete rebound is possible
Fiscal rules suspension shakes up ideas of post-Covid responsibility and growth
Jens Weidmann said €750bn fund needs controls so money is spent wisely
Move responds to court ruling on ECB bond-buying
Commission backs €250m Restart Fund and a €200m scheme to produce Covid solutions
Prior to Berlin-Paris recovery deal, GCC may have set in motion EU crisis
Martin Wolf: For future historians the German ruling on ECB may be a decisive turning point in Europe’s history
Covid-19 has returned the euro’s unresolved dilemma – currency union without economic union – to the agenda
Cantillon: Ireland keeping sharp eye on powerplay in terms of cheap credit
Finding against ECB on central policy issue could have precipitated a major crisis for the euro
Frankfurt’s stimulus came with pledge to remove self-imposed ‘constraints’ if necessary
Higher interest rates and overvalued property greatest risks to German economy, says Claudia Buch
Christine Lagarde’s first interest rate decision will come on Thursday
Practice proves controversial in country where ECB has been accused of penalising savers
Bundesbank however says deep recession is not on the cards
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