Germany

The Breaking Storm – the real threats to the Global Economy

31 May 2018

Note: This piece is a high level comment on current threats to the global economy, there is more detail in other posts on this Site There are two long-term problems that will increasingly drive events; one is the loss of German control of the European Union/EuroZone, and the second is the impending [read more]

A Turning Point? The Failure of the German Coalition Talks

20 November 2017

While the international, that is the English-language, media, pursues its obsessive interest in President Trump, and the British press focuses on the minutiae of the Brexit negotiations, an event which occurred in Berlin this weekend is arguably the most important foreign news development in the [read more]

German Energy Policy Following the 2017 Election

26 September 2017

As the dust settles on the results of the German election, it is becoming obvious that the fall in votes for the two largest parties, including Angela Merkel’s CDU, will mean significant changes in German policies in a number of areas. There has also been speculation that the CDU will form a [read more]

IMF: “Deutsche Bank appears to the most important net contributor to systemic risks in the global banking system”

1 October 2016

One of the lessons of 2008 is the fact that governments need to be more aware of the operations of banks and to understand that bank failures can have a catastrophic effect on national economies. Notwithstanding this, there is good reason for apportioning a share of responsibility for the events of [read more]

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Germany

The Breaking Storm – the real threats to the Global Economy

A Turning Point? The Failure of the German Coalition Talks

German Energy Policy Following the 2017 Election

IMF: “Deutsche Bank appears to the most important net contributor to systemic risks in the global banking system”