Tag: Investment policy
Fewer German companies want to invest
Berlin The fight against climate change will require significant investments. Depending on the study, there is talk of up to more than one trillion euros in the next ten years.…
Coalition agreement: Financing of the traffic light projects is shaky
Olaf Scholz (r.), Christian Lindner The chancellor-designate and his finance minister are faced with unclear questions about the financing of their projects. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin The traffic light negotiators listed…
Survey: Insurers’ money managers focus on investments outside the bond and stock markets
Alternative investments such as private equity, infrastructure or venture capital are becoming increasingly popular with professional investors in large insurers. Government bonds are not in demand. .source site
Germany invests in climate protection and digitization
An analysis by the Agora Energiewende think tank with the New Economy Forum puts the necessary investments in climate protection alone at 460 billion euros by 2030, of which the…
Armin Steinbach: The debt brake needs a European solution
The traffic light coalition One point of discussion in the traffic light negotiations is the debt brake. (Photo: Reuters) The fiscal policy debate is not lacking in imagination. It is…
Comment: Budget planning: The ideas of the traffic light coalition are a breach of the constitution with an announcement
The traffic light is looking for creative ideas to circumvent the debt brake. There are better solutions to finance investments. .source site
With these tricks the traffic light coalition can run into more debt
Berlin The requirement sounds clear: “We will guarantee the necessary future investments within the framework of the constitutional debt brake, especially in climate protection, digitization, education and research as well…
What must Germany achieve on the way to climate neutrality?
Infographics On the way to climate neutrality: What the green conversion will cost. The current climate protection law provides that Germany will be climate neutral by 2045. That would be…
ZEW presents a new compass for the new finance minister
Berlin One thing was always particularly important to Olaf Scholz (SPD) during his time as Federal Minister of Finance: the amount of investment in the budget. He raised it to…
The government should not only set new priorities – it should also cut old ones
The basic idea behind the debt brake is simple: apart from severe recessions, the state’s expenditure should be financed by its current income. Since governments tend to spend more money…
About the debt brake, KfW and the traffic light coalition
Lars Feld advises against making public investments in climate protection or digitization through the Reconstruction Loan Corporation (KfW). A KfW transformation fund is a mistake. “Because – most of the…
This is how the financing of public investments in the future succeeds
ICE in Berlin Central Station Deutsche Bahn could finance additional investments by borrowing. (Photo: dpa) After successful exploratory talks, the traffic light parties begin negotiations on the coalition agreement. In…
An exception rule in the Basic Law would be the right way out
The author Sebastian Dullien is Scientific Director of the Institute for Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Research at the Hans Böckler Foundation. (Photo: imago images / photothek) Over the past week…
Constitutional lawyers consider the reserve unconstitutional
Robert Habeck, Annalena Baerbock (both Greens), Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Christian Lindner (FDP), from left to right The exploratory paper presented on Friday contains various spending requests – as well…
Constitutional lawyers consider the reserve unconstitutional
Robert Habeck, Annalena Baerbock (both Greens), Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Christian Lindner (FDP), from left to right The exploratory paper presented on Friday contains various spending requests – as well…
SPD push to circumvent the debt brake
Berlin With a view to a possible traffic light coalition, the SPD left is now making a push to finance the planned projects. “The traffic light should agree on the…
SPD push to bypass the debt brake
Berlin With a view to a possible traffic light coalition, the SPD left is now making a push to finance the planned projects. “Central to the future of our country…
Debt brake: Reserves through debts: A possible “liberation blow” for the financial policy of the traffic light
The idea of using the currently suspended debt brake to build up a reserve is apparently well received by the SPD and FDP. But the proposal raises questions. .source site
The traffic light must not start as a sham
Progressive government, eco-liberal reform government, progressive center. There is no lack of metaphors for exaggerating a traffic light coalition. The superstructure of the new government, the roof so to speak,…
Explorers need money for billion-dollar projects
Berlin On Tuesday afternoon, Olaf Scholz (SPD) got on the plane to Washington. Between the soundings, the SPD candidate for chancellor takes two days to travel to the annual meeting…