Tag: Debt brake
Europe must take responsibility and change course
Dusseldorf When the euro was introduced, the mothers and fathers of the euro always had the ulterior motive not only to promote the integration of Europe through the common currency,…
Europe must take responsibility and change course
Dusseldorf When the euro was introduced, the mothers and fathers of the euro always had the ulterior motive not only to promote the integration of Europe through the common currency,…
Government tricks could weigh on the 2024 budget
Olaf Scholz The Federal Chancellor promised a comprehensive package against the consequences of the energy crisis. (Photo: dpa) Last week, the traffic light coalition agreed on the defense shield worth…
Economists complain about redistribution and few investments
road construction The federal government is spending too little money on future projects, such as road construction, economists warn. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Berlin For a federal finance minister, promising…
Economists complain about redistribution and few investments
road construction The federal government is spending too little money on future projects, such as road construction, economists warn. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Berlin For a federal finance minister, promising…
With the “double boom” the federal government is taking the debt brake ad absurdum
Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) Blow to the credibility of the debt brake. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The energy defense shield against the consequences of Putin’s war is a historic step.…
Government agrees on “defense shield” against high energy prices
Berlin The federal government is launching a €200 billion aid fund to relieve citizens and businesses of the increased energy costs. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens)…
The federal government is about to reach an agreement on the gas price brake – a volume of up to 200 billion euros
Berlin The federal government is launching a €200 billion aid fund to relieve citizens and businesses of the increased energy costs. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens)…
“The energy crisis will be significantly more expensive for the state than Corona”
Stephen Weil “We must act as soon as possible and not wait for the alarm calls to get even louder.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan…
“The energy crisis will be significantly more expensive for the state than Corona”
Stephen Weil “We must act as soon as possible and not wait for the alarm calls to get even louder.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan…
DIW boss Fratzscher calls for fourth relief package
Marcel Fratzscher “Not only is there a wave of corporate insolvencies, but also personal insolvencies.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin The President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Marcel Fratzscher,…
Debt brake fetish
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Finance Minister Christian Lindner Opinions can differ about the leeway a debt rule allows. (Photo: Reuters) If there’s anything like a scapegoat in this country’s…
Debt brake fetish
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Finance Minister Christian Lindner Opinions can differ about the leeway a debt rule allows. (Photo: Reuters) If there’s anything like a scapegoat in this country’s…
Inflation: Is it helplessness or unwillingness?
Dusseldorf “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon,” postulated Milton Friedman, who later won the Nobel Prize in Economics, in 1963 – and with this thesis determined the thinking…
Why the government needs a better debt brake
Dusseldorf The incumbent federal government is facing what is probably the greatest economic and financial policy challenge in post-war Germany: the consequences of endangering the energy security of the world’s…
Which costs the state billions
Berlin For the Federal Court of Auditors, the matter is clear: According to a recent report, public budgets have already come under considerable pressure due to the corona pandemic and…
These subsidies cost the state billions
Company car Big engine, expensive design – that’s the current picture of subsidized company vehicles. (Photo: dpa) Berlin For the Federal Court of Auditors, the matter is clear: According to…
Germany must shake off its indolence
Katja Hessel (FDP) (Photo: PR) Around 90 percent of investments in Germany are made by the private sector. This shows that it is not the state that provides innovations, good…
Energy crisis: Nuclear power plant terms against debt brake
Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant in the evening The traffic light government disagrees about the nuclear power plant running times. Berlin The traffic light coalition argues about the basic attitudes of…
New anger in the government for relief
Minister of Finance Lindner (left), Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Heil The debt brake is likely to cause a considerable dispute at the traffic lights – especially if other…