Tag: Economics
Excitement at the economic institute around President Fratzscher
Berlin For the employees at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), the news came out of nowhere in early April. Board member Stefan Liebig, one of the most important…
Federal government rejects proposal for new euro rescue fund
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner The parliamentary state secretary to the finance minister rejects the new protective shield. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The federal government rejects the proposal by the European…
The Fed’s three big mistakes and their consequences
Federal Reserve Headquarters in Washington DC The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is under enormous pressure to rein in inflation from the last 8.5 percent. For months, economists have accused her…
EU: Government debt is not a brake on growth
European Central Bank The war in Ukraine poses further financial challenges for European countries. (Photo: dpa) In order to support households and companies, governments in Europe launched enormous spending programs.…
Criticism of the relationship between Germans and money
saving jar Marcel Fratzscher considers the role model of the Swabian housewife to be wrong and sexist. (Photo: imago images/Kirchner Media) Berlin Marcel Fratzscher is noticeably annoyed, downright annoyed. “The…
stagflation over years? Four reasons that speak for it
Dark clouds over Frankfurt Various factors are currently driving financing costs in the corporate sector. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The global economy is being driven from one crisis to the next.…
The Ministry of Economics wants to abolish subsidies for plug-in hybrids as early as the end of 2022
Volkswagen VW Bus T7 plug-in hybrid Plug-in hybrids are often also heavy SUVs. (Photo: imago images/Manfred Segerer) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Economics wants to cancel state subsidies for plug-in…
Too much government aid could fuel inflation
combined heat and power plant Energy prices have risen sharply as a result of the Ukraine war. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Leading economic research institutes have warned politicians to carefully dose…
Institutes significantly lower forecast for 2022
Berlin It is an illustrious group that met on Tuesday evening in the NATO conference room of the Federal Chancellery. The CEOs of the largest companies are there, whether Airbus,…
Economy: Volker Wieland leaves the Council of Experts
Volker Wieland The economist is leaving the advisory body of the federal government. (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Dusseldorf At the end of April, the economist Volker Wieland left the Council of…
Germany urgently needs a strategy for the deglobalized world economy
ECB he ECB estimates the proportion of companies in the euro zone that only exist thanks to cheap money to be 3.4 percent. (Photo: dpa) Financial crisis, euro crisis, corona…
The Federal Minister of Economics must disclose financial information
Gazprom Germania in Berlin A trustee is now watching over the German Gazprom subsidiary. (Photo: Reuters) The Russian company Gazprom and its German subsidiary have always been a political issue…
Warning against a purely economic debate about the embargo
Berlin The economist Veronika Grimm has warned the federal government against rejecting a possible energy embargo against Russia only because of its economic consequences: “I do not understand at all…
Warning against a purely economic debate about the embargo
Berlin The economist Veronika Grimm has warned the federal government against rejecting a possible energy embargo against Russia only because of its economic consequences: “I do not understand at all…
The war is only one of the reasons for the high inflation
Double-digit inflation rates cannot be ruled out either in the USA or in the euro zone. Many economists should be happy to have the war in Ukraine as an explanation…
Energy embargo would result in an economic downturn
Berlin The Institute for Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Research (IMK) fears that a supply stop for Russian energy could have a significant impact on the German economy. In particular, the…
Energy embargo: Significant economic slump in Germany
In the baseline scenario, the experts close to the trade union still anticipate an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) of 2.1 percent in the forecast published on Tuesday. On…
The Chancellor’s attack on economists is inappropriate
Olaf Scholz visiting Anne Will The Chancellor accuses economists of acting “irresponsibly” with their calculations on the consequences of an energy embargo. (Photo: dpa) The relationship between the chancellery and…
Economists question argument for low interest rates
Frankfurt Monetary policy is a topic for experts – and that applies all the more to the theoretical basis on which the central bankers justify their monetary policy. Because the…
How the Ukraine war is affecting the economy
container port According to Eurostat, the economic output of the euro zone at the end of last year was 0.2 percent higher than before the start of the corona pandemic…