Tag: ECB
Bundesbank President Nagel: Working for a stable currency
Joachim Nagel The 55-year-old economist succeeds Jens Weidmann as head of the Bundesbank. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt ECB President Christine Lagarde greeted the new Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel with a few…
Plea for solid public finances
The ECB’s hands would be tied. It could not act against the recent massive rise in inflation risks, or against the dangerously rapid rise in house prices for years. The…
British neobank Revolut expands business with its own banking license in Germany
Frankfurt The British neobank Revolut is growing rapidly. She puts the number of her customers at 18 million, around 70 percent of them in the EU and half a million…
How the banker’s profile changes
Frankfurt Andreas von Richter has headed LBBW’s venture capital subsidiary for more than three years. He has never completed a classic bank apprenticeship: After graduating from high school, he studied…
The cards on the bond market are being reshuffled
Federal eagle in the Bundestag The yield on ten-year government bonds is approaching the zero percent mark. (Photo: Stefan Boness / VISUM) Frankfurt Clearance sale. This terrible word is making…
Economist Achim Truger: “Do not underestimate the dangers of inflation”
The Achim Truger economy does not see a new inflation regime looming despite the recent sharp rise in prices. It was foreseeable that inflation would rise due to rising energy…
These are the best deals
Cologne German savers are worried about low interest rates and rising inflation. Last year alone, according to the comparison portal Biallo.de, around 300 banks and savings banks introduced a custody…
The deputy editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers,the world is facing a tech revolution. We will see more technological advances in the next few years than in the past hundred. This already rapid development…
Energy prices may require steps to be taken against inflation
ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel The ECB recently raised its inflation forecast for the new year to 3.2 percent. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt According to Director Isabel Schnabel, rising energy…
Corona & inflation make investors concerned
Frankfurt Rising numbers of corona infections and the realization that high inflation could force central banks to act faster once again kept investors in suspense in the first week of…
The deputy editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning dear readers,the world is facing a tech revolution. We will see more technological advances in the next few years than in the past hundred. This already rapid development…
Inflation in the euro zone rises to a record high in December
Euro symbol on the ECB building in Frankfurt The European Central Bank sees an inflation rate of two percent as the ideal mark for the euro area. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt…
Inflation in the euro zone rises to a record high in December
Euro symbol on the ECB building in Frankfurt The European Central Bank sees an inflation rate of two percent as the ideal mark for the euro area. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt…
Inflation in the euro zone rises to 5.0 percent in December
Euro symbol on the ECB building in Frankfurt The European Central Bank sees an inflation rate of two percent as the ideal mark for the euro area. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt…
What investors can expect in the residential real estate market in 2022
property Some institutional investors are looking for lucrative investments in the surrounding area, where prices are even lower. (Photo: Imago) Frankfurt Anyone who invested in real estate was usually right…
Euro: initially took some getting used to, today there is no alternative
Because what most critics of the euro overlook or ignore is that inflation in Germany has mostly been lower in the past two decades than in the D-Mark era. The…
The turnaround in interest rates scares the markets
This movement then continued through Asia to Europe, but Wall Street stabilized again on Thursday. The shock sits deep in the investors’ bones. “Only now have the markets understood that…
Annual outlook: investing money successfully in 2022
Seldom have reports of success been so close to bad news in a financial year as they did in 2021: While indices such as Dax, Nasdaq and Co. set records,…
Inflation in Germany rises to 5.3 percent in December
Euro coin Inflation has also risen significantly recently in the euro area. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Prices in Germany continue to rise. In December, the inflation rate in this country was…
Inflation in Germany rises to 5.3 percent in December
Euro coin Inflation has also risen significantly recently in the euro area. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Prices in Germany continue to rise. In December, the inflation rate in this country was…