Tag: Economics
2024 Gold Forecast from Capital Economics: These Levels at the End of the Year!
Gold prices rose to record levels due to the escalating tension in the Middle East. The shiny metal broke a record last week, rising above $2,400. Even though it has…
Economics Professor Warns: There is a Threat to Bitcoin!
Lawrence White, one of the leading economics professors at George Mason University, underlined a potential security threat that Bitcoin (BTC) may face in the future. Here are the details… White…
Nobel Prize in Economics Awardee Name Announced
The winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics has been announced. The award was given to Prof. working at Harvard University. It was given to Claudia Goldin. Goldin was deemed…
Critique of Capitalism – The Limits to Growth
Capitalism doesn’t make it particularly difficult for its critics: the market liberalizations of the 1980s resulted in tax-financed state liability for banks that had gambled away. The ideology of open…
The Ministry of Economics wants to promote the construction of solar factories
Robert Habeck The Federal Minister of Economics first wants to find out who would be interested in building a solar factory in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf The Federal Ministry…
How Moritz Schularick wants to turn the IfW inside out
Berlin The Bonn economist Moritz Schularick is the new president of the renowned Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW). This Thursday he took over the management of the research…
How Moritz Schularick wants to turn the IfW inside out
Berlin The Bonn economist Moritz Schularick is the new president of the renowned Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW). This Thursday he took over the management of the research…
How Moritz Schularick wants to turn the IfW inside out
Berlin The Bonn economist Moritz Schularick is the new president of the renowned Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW). This Thursday he took over the management of the research…
It’s up to governments to get inflation under control, not central banks
European Central Bank in Frankfurt In his book, the author strongly criticizes the ECB for not having enough resources to combat inflation. (Photo: imago images/Hans Lucas) Dusseldorf Bundesbank President Joachim…
Prolonged Inflation: Real Danger or Bogeyman?
inflation How far will consumer prices rise? Economists argue about the right approach for forecasts and defensive measures. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The development of inflation poses a puzzle for economists…
Prolonged Inflation: Real Danger or Bogeyman?
inflation How far will consumer prices rise? Economists argue about the right approach for forecasts and defensive measures. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The development of inflation poses a puzzle for economists…
The economics minister’s crisis becomes a crisis for the Greens
Robert Habeck According to an Infratest survey, not even a third of the population is satisfied with the work of the Federal Minister of Economics. This is the worst value…
German economy stagnates in the first quarter
Container terminals in the port of Hamburg The Federal Statistical Office spoke of “positive impulses” for the economy through exports. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The German economy narrowly avoided a winter…
Central banks are partly to blame for inflation
The British economist Charles Goodhart recognized in the 1970s that “as soon as a government tries to control certain financial indicators, they become useless as indicators of economic trends”. The…
Bert Rürup and Michael Hüther in the podcast
The German economy moves sideways. The forecasts for this year fluctuate around the zero line, Bert Rürup and Michael Hüther determine in the podcast. Compensation for the loss of income…
Leading institutes warn against planned energy subsidies
Stefan Kooths (lr) from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Oliver Holtemöller from the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle (IWH) and Timo Wollmershäuser from the Ifo Institute…
Leading institutes no longer expect a recession in 2023
Freight train with new cars The leading economic researchers no longer expect the German economy to shrink in 2023. (Photo: IMAGO/imagebroker) Berlin The leading economic research institutes are no longer…
Why economists are reassessing inflation – and what that means for politics
inflation The price increase for food was 21.8 percent in 2022. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Despite sharply rising energy prices, disrupted supply chains and capacity bottlenecks, the past few years have…
Germany threatens years of downturn in new banking crisis
Financial district in Frankfurt Should a new banking crisis arise, it would have lasting consequences for the German economy. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Despite the recent unrest in the banking sector,…
Lindner and Stark-Watzinger want to improve financial knowledge
Woman withdraws money in Berlin The financial knowledge of the Germans is bad. This is an important building block for financial advancement. (Photo: EyeEm/Getty Images) Berlin The Federal Minister of…