Tag: debts
Lack of skilled workers at debt counselors – pressure on those affected is growing
debt advice The managing director of the Federal Working Group for Debt Counseling sees one reason for the lack of staff in what the association considers to be inadequate payment…
Are US government bonds worthwhile for private investors?
US Federal Reserve What happens next on the bond market depends largely on the interest rate policy of the US Federal Reserve. (Photo: dpa) The US Treasury market is a…
Deutsche Telekom is reducing debts of nine billion euros
Telekom boss Timotheus Höttges For the current year, the manager has set a slightly higher target for operating profit. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) Hamburg Stagnating sales, falling free cash flow, but…
Deutsche Telekom is reducing debts of nine billion euros
Telekom boss Timotheus Höttges For the current year, the manager has set a slightly higher target for operating profit. (Photo: IMAGO/Panama Pictures) Hamburg Stagnating sales, falling free cash flow, but…
Feri-CIO Rapp sees connection to bank failures
financial data The recent crises have followed one another at an ever faster pace – a warning sign? (Photo: mauritius images / Dmytro Olegovich Zakharchuk / Alamy) Frankfurt Is there…
Greece pushes debt ratio
Athens Most EU countries significantly reduced their public debt ratios in the past year. According to the statistics authority Eurostat, the decline in 2022 in the euro area was 3.9…
Barry Eichengreen: “Bond prices can fall abruptly”
Economist Barry Eichengreen “Inflation will come off its peak but will remain well above the Fed’s 2% target. The core rate of inflation is still well over five percent.” (Photo:…
How the federal states pile up mountains of debt through the back door
Berlin The pot should “have it all”, announced the new state government, and it has. The new climate special fund of the city of Berlin is to comprise up to…
“It’s good when everyone is a little dissatisfied”
Stockholm Christian Lindner appeared in good spirits in front of the cameras in the conference center at Stockholm Airport. He was once again the center of attention at the meeting…
“Germany must not become a permanent blocker in Brussels” – this is how the debt dispute is dividing Europe
Christian Lindner Lindner has reservations about the debt sustainability analysis. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels, Paris The federal government rejects the reform proposals of the EU Commission for the European debt…
France wants to speed up debt reduction
Paris France is heading towards three trillion euros in national debt. is not a European country in absolute terms it is as heavily indebted as the second largest economy in…
FDP opposes CDU plans with party congress decision
Berlin The FDP wants to underpin its rejection of any tax increases. The party executive wants to decide on a corresponding emergency application for the upcoming federal party conference on…
FDP opposes CDU plans with party congress decision
Berlin The FDP wants to underpin its rejection of any tax increases. The party executive wants to decide on a corresponding emergency application for the upcoming federal party conference on…
Budget policy: EU Commission rejects Lindner
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner The federal government had proposed that highly indebted euro countries be subject to a uniform minimum requirement for annual debt reduction. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels…
Lindner feels confirmed in the budget dispute by the IMF
Christian Lindner The Federal Minister of Finance regularly pleads for thrift at traffic lights. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin, Washington At meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), German finance ministers often…
Rising interest rates put corporations in a tight spot
ECB Tower in Frankfurt The turnaround in interest rates introduced in mid-2022 is causing turmoil in Germany’s companies. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The interest rates, which have been rising rapidly since…
Rising interest rates put corporations in a tight spot
ECB in Frankfurt The turnaround in interest rates introduced in mid-2022 is causing turmoil in Germany’s companies. (Photo: imago images/Jan Huebner) The interest rates, which have been rising rapidly since…
Federal government draws red lines for reform
The EU and the Federal Ministry of Finance are at odds over debt rules European Parliament in Brussels: A new agreement is to be reached for the EU debt regulation.…
Federal government draws red lines when reforming EU debt rules
Berlin The debate about reforming the EU debt rules is heating up. While the EU Commission wants to quickly pour its proposals into a draft law, Federal Finance Minister Christian…
In 2023, Bahn will be back deep in the red – 40 billion euros in debt
Deutsche Bahn The state-owned company has billions in debt. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin After a brief recovery in 2022, Deutsche Bahn expects to be back in the red again this…