Tag: Advisory Council
G7 countries collect nine billion euros for Ukraine
royal winter The finance ministers of the leading industrialized countries (G7) put together another aid package for Ukraine at their meeting on the Petersberg near Bonn. There have been pledges…
The NRW election will be dangerous for Olaf Scholz
Shortly before the elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the two top candidates met on WDR yesterday evening for their only TV duel and personal showdown: Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) and…
Economist Martin Werding is to become a member
Economist Martin Werding Mental father of the “share pension”. (Photo: imago images/Jürgen Heinrich) Berlin When Olaf Scholz, who was still an SPD candidate for chancellor at the time, verbally beat…
Christian Lindner outlines the financial policy strategy
Berlin Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) has announced a realignment of financial and budgetary policy. “You have to find the exit from the crisis mode,” said the FDP politician.…
Christian Lindner outlines the financial policy strategy
Berlin Four days before the state elections in Christian Lindner’s home North Rhine-Westphalia, in which his FDP could be thrown out of the state government, the party leader reacts to…
German economy grows slightly at the beginning of 2022
Container port Germany In the final quarter of 2021, economic output fell by 0.3 percent. (Photo: dpa) Berlin . Despite the renewed wave of corona and the first consequences of…
Producer prices after the start of the war with a record increase – plus 30.9 percent
Gas station On average, private consumers had to pay 41.9 percent more for premium petrol and 62.6 percent for diesel than a year earlier. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Natural gas, butter,…
Too much government aid could fuel inflation
combined heat and power plant Energy prices have risen sharply as a result of the Ukraine war. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Leading economic research institutes have warned politicians to carefully dose…
Institutes significantly lower forecast for 2022
Berlin It is an illustrious group that met on Tuesday evening in the NATO conference room of the Federal Chancellery. The CEOs of the largest companies are there, whether Airbus,…
Does the protective shield make us more dependent on Putin?
Berlin Robert Habeck (Greens) and Christian Lindner (FDP) want to help. On Friday, the Federal Economics and Finance Ministers presented a protective shield for the economy. The central element: subsidies…
Macron has to put down his kid gloves – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
In a leading European country with a tradition of enlightenment and bourgeois revolutions, 30 percent is extremely high for the right. On the other hand, it’s not 50 percent either.…
Heil anticipates growth of 1.4 to 1.5 percent
Hubertus Heil The Federal Ministry of Labor has revised its economic forecast downwards. (Photo: IMAGO/Frank Ossenbrink) Berlin The German government believes that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and…
Heil anticipates growth of 1.4 to 1.5 percent
Hubertus Heil The Federal Ministry of Labor has revised its economic forecast downwards. (Photo: IMAGO/Frank Ossenbrink) Berlin The German government believes that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and…
Economy: Volker Wieland leaves the Council of Experts
Berlin It didn’t look like saying goodbye. At the end of March, Volker Wieland is still in a good mood. At the end of the presentation of the new economic…
Economy: Volker Wieland leaves the Council of Experts
Volker Wieland The economist is leaving the advisory body of the federal government. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Dusseldorf At the end of April, the economist Volker Wieland left the Council of…
Inflation shock in Europe – Morning Briefing Plus
Hello dear readers, If you drive past petrol stations more often these days, or if you are renovating a house (like I am right now) or if you are responsible…
Germany needs a debate about where growth should come from
Author of the editorial Sebastian Matthes is Editor-in-Chief of the Handelsblatt. The German economy is currently experiencing several crises at once. There is the war in Ukraine, which overshadows everything,…
Germany needs a debate about where growth should come from
Author of the editorial Sebastian Matthes is Editor-in-Chief of the Handelsblatt. The German economy is currently experiencing several crises at once. There is the war in Ukraine, which overshadows everything,…
Stagflation ante portas – now it’s time to take countermeasures
Federal Chancellor Scholz and Minister of Finance Lindner (r.) The traffic light coalition has already taken the first steps towards relief, but it cannot stop there. (Photo: Reuters) The German…
“It could be a lot worse”
Berlin Volker Wieland sees dark times ahead for the German economy. “The prospects have deteriorated drastically,” he told Handelsblatt. Wieland is a member of the Advisory Council for the assessment…