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Source: ThinkstockThe Ifo Business Climate index for Germany in July showed an improvement, bolstered other data about a stronger economy in the European Union’s largest economy by gross domestic...
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Source: ThinkstockChina’s fresh purchasing managers index (PMI) data showed its economy has moved toward a state of stagnation, and manufacturing has moved into reverse. In the meantime, the PMI...
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Source: ThinkstockThe austerity versus stimulus battle flamed up again as the Greek parliament approved massive layoffs of public workers. Now, the proponents of cost cuts in financially weakened...
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Source: ThinkstockBad news about the global economy and that of the world’s largest nations continues to rush out. Germany’s exports plunged 4.8% in May, compared to the same month last year,...
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Source: ThinkstockThe signs that the German economy is in a recovery instead of a period of stagnation have continued to grow. Retail sales data for May confirmed this. The Germany consumer has...
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Source: ThinkstockThere is a debate, based on official government figures, private assessments and forecasts, about whether Germany is one of the few large nations in the world that has entered a...
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Source: ThinkstockA recovery of the overall German economy has been questioned, based on negative data from Eurostat and Markit. New information from GfK states that Germany has not only recovered...
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Source: ThinkstockGermany’s very, very modest economic improvement continued. However, the pace is slow enough that continued problems among other European Union nations could still drag it under....
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Source: thinkstockGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is suggesting that renewable power producers pay more to support upgrades to the country’s electricity grid as Germany shuts down its nuclear...
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Source: ThinkstockFor further evidence that the eurozone’s infatuation with austerity is not working, look no further than today’s announcement from Germany that the largest economy in Europe...
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Source: ThinkstockIn a new year’s message, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned the country that its economic climate will be “more difficult” in 2013. Her warning seems to contradict...
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In a recent poll by Germany’s Bertelsmann Foundation, some 65% of German believe they would be better off if the country had not adopted the euro. The same poll revealed that just 36% of French...
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German automaker Daimler plans to sell about half its 15% stake in European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. (EADS) to German bank KfW Bankengruppen by the end of this year. Daimler controls more than...
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Investor George Soros laid it on the line in a speech today in Berlin:The policy of fiscal retrenchment in the midst of rising unemployment is pro-cyclical and pushing Europe into a deeper and longer...
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Germany’s Economy Ministry reported this morning that factory orders for June fell by a seasonally adjusted 1.7%, double the expected decline of 0.8%. Compared with June 2011, orders fell by...
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