Tag: Debt crisis
Greece repays aid loans early
Athens The Greek government wants to raise the country’s bonds above junk levels again. (Photo: Bloomberg) Athens The new Greek economy and finance minister Kostis Chatzidakis wants to open the…
heating rebel? This is how FDP MP Schäffler fights against the GEG
Berlin The chimney sweep recently visited Frank Schäffler. The FDP member of the Bundestag asked him what he would have to invest in his house in Bünde in East Westphalia…
Emerging and developing countries are threatened with a “wall of debt” of 39 billion dollars
Dusseldorf Around $30 billion: That is the sum of the debt that the 160 emerging and developing countries will have to refinance in 2024 alone. In 2025, according to an…
Five topics determine opportunities and risks on the stock exchange
View of Frankfurt Corporate earnings are one of the key factors in how stock prices develop. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The back and forth at the end of the week shows…
Five topics determine opportunities and risks on the stock exchange
Investor skepticism increased when the media reported a pause in negotiations in the US debt dispute. The most important US indices also slipped into the red. There is a dispute…
Argentina can’t find a way out of the price crisis
Salvador Argentina will not come out of the crisis. On the contrary: In the past twelve months, inflation in the South American country has exceeded 100 percent for the first…
The fear of a global debt crisis is increasing
G20 meeting in Bangalore The finance ministers of the G20 will jointly discuss the debt crises in several countries. (Photo: AP) Berlin, Bombay The finance ministers and central bank governors…
Erdogan indirectly threatens Athens with rocket attack
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indirectly threatened the NATO partner Greece. (Photo: IMAGO/APAimages) Istanbul Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indirectly threatened a missile attack in the dispute over…
Federal government squints at chief post at the monetary fund
IMF chief Kristalina Georgiewa at the G20 summit in Bali The Bulgarian will vacate her post at the Monetary Fund in autumn 2024. If the federal government has its way,…
Klaus Regling, the “Mister Euro-Rescue” says goodbye
Klaus Regling The long-standing ESM director is leaving. (Photo: imago/GlobalImagens) Klaus Regling goes as he came: quietly, without making a fuss. As a farewell gift, the finance ministers in the…
A Meloni win could push Italy out of the EU
Giorgia Meloni Was Minister for Youth and Sport in Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet. How many governments has there been in Italy that were said to mean the end of monetary union,…
A Meloni win could push Italy out of the EU
Giorgia Meloni Was Minister for Youth and Sport in Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet. How many governments has there been in Italy that were said to mean the end of monetary union,…
A Meloni win could push Italy out of the EU
Giorgia Meloni Was Minister for Youth and Sport in Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet. How many governments has there been in Italy that were said to mean the end of monetary union,…
IMF calls for more common debt for Europe
The International Monetary Fund “Fiscal rule reform cannot wait,” writes the IMF. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels In view of the energy crisis, high national debt and the threat to European security,…
IMF calls for more common debt for Europe
The International Monetary Fund “Fiscal rule reform cannot wait,” writes the IMF. (Photo: Reuters) Brussels In view of the energy crisis, high national debt and the threat to European security,…
Inflation in the euro area rises to a record high of 9.1 percent
European Central Bank On September 8, the Central Bank Council will discuss the future course of monetary policy. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The inflation rate in the euro zone continued to…
The EU gives Greece back its financial sovereignty
Athens The Greek government will have more room for manoeuvre. (Photo: imago/Panthermedia) Athens With the end of the strict financial control (“enhanced surveillance”), the Greek government will have more room…
How the European Central Bank prevented a new euro crisis
ECB building The European Central Bank reinvested billions in government bonds from southern European countries. (Photo: dpa) The European Central Bank’s (ECB) Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) has played a…
How the European Central Bank prevented a new euro crisis
ECB building The European Central Bank reinvested billions in government bonds from southern European countries. (Photo: dpa) The European Central Bank’s (ECB) Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) has played a…
Why you shouldn’t save in the monetary union
Indebted Italy Debt kings: The ECB pumped 17 billion euros into the Italian, Spanish and Greek markets in June and July. (Photo: dpa) “If people understood the monetary system, we…