Tag: Jens Weidmann
The Austrian Bernd Spalt will be the new head of risk
Commerzbank headquarters The institute has been looking for a new head of risk for over a year. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt After Thomas Schaufler and Sabine Mlnarsky, Commerzbank has signed another…
The turnaround in interest rates has shifted the power structure in the ECB
Key figures on the Governing Council Philip Lane, Isabel Schnabel, Christine Lagarde and Joachim Nagel. (Photo: Bloomberg, Reuters, dpa, mauritius images) Frankfurt When it comes to showing determination, Christine Lagarde…
Björn Gulden: Transfer 2022
Bjorn Gulden Former soccer player, now manager: Gulden has been the CEO of Puma since 2013. In 2023 he will switch to Adidas. (Photo: Puma, Imago, Handelsblatt Montage) Dusseldorf The…
Björn Gulden: Transfer 2022
Bjorn Gulden Former soccer player, now manager: Gulden has been the CEO of Puma since 2013. In 2023 he will switch to Adidas. (Photo: Puma, Imago, Handelsblatt Montage) Dusseldorf The…
BMF wants to delegate Harald Christ to the supervisory board
Harold Christian The FDP politician has not yet commented on the reports. (Photo: IMAGO/Stefan Zeitz) Frankfurt The backing of chairs on the Commerzbank Supervisory Board continues. In addition to chief…
BMF wants to delegate Harald Christ to the supervisory board
Harold Christian The FDP politician has not yet commented on the reports. (Photo: IMAGO/Stefan Zeitz) Frankfurt The backing of chairs on the Commerzbank Supervisory Board continues. In addition to chief…
Market economy: Container freight rates fall
Good morning dear readers, this morning we can enjoy three achievements of human interaction: democracy, market economy, rule of law. In freight shipping, we are currently experiencing how the market…
Federal government squints at chief post at the monetary fund
IMF chief Kristalina Georgiewa at the G20 summit in Bali The Bulgarian will vacate her post at the Monetary Fund in autumn 2024. If the federal government has its way,…
Jens Weidmann is to become the new head of the supervisory board
Frankfurt Surprising change at Commerzbank: The former Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann is to become the new chairman of the supervisory board of Germany’s second largest private bank. The 54-year-old is…
Germany and four other EU countries are driving the digital euro
ECB headquarters in Frankfurt The European central bank is working on the introduction of a digital currency. (Photo: REUTERS) Brussels, Frankfurt The federal government is campaigning for the introduction of…
We don’t need a new rescue package for the euro zone
euro coin Ironically, in times of war, Europe’s means of combating the economic crisis are largely exhausted. (Photo: dpa) It’s been ten years since the euro crisis reached its peak.…
Christine Lagarde – the unfortunate presenter
ECB President Christine Lagarde When she took office, the Frenchwoman set herself the goal of clear communication. (Photo: laif (2), Marc-Steffen Unger, REUTERS, Bloomberg) Frankfurt Last Thursday was the opposite…
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…
Jens Weidmann secures the Bundesbank’s monetary policy
Jens Weidmann The Bundesbank President resigns after ten years in office. Many people may have underestimated Jens Weidmann when he became the youngest president of all time to head the…
We will miss Jens Weidmann
Jens Weidmann (right) and his successor Joachim Nagel (left, archive image) Jens Weidmann has been head of the Bundesbank since May 2011, and this year he announced his resignation. (Photo:…
Five challenges for the new Bundesbank boss
Because the world last experienced a pandemic like Corona a good 100 years ago with the so-called Spanish flu – the economic consequences are correspondingly difficult to assess. Several challenges…
The model of the early New Year’s rest – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
You’re in luck for New Year’s Eve if you’ve planned a party for ten people. That is the upper limit that the federal and state governments will decide today for…
The new boss will meet high expectations
Joachim Nagel in the Bundesbank He is very familiar with the institution. (Photo: Deutsche Bundesbank) It took longer, now it is clear: With Joachim Nagel, an experienced economist and banker…
How Joachim Nagel’s freestyle went
Joachim Nagel Nagel was at the Deutsche Bundesbank for 17 years, the last few years on the board. (Photo: dpa) Berlin After five years, Joachim Nagel is returning to the…
That is why Joachim Nagel will succeed Jens Weidmann
Nagel and his soon-to-be predecessor Jens Weidmann The big question remains: is Nagel maintaining the critical course of his predecessor towards the ECB majority? (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Frankfurt The economist…