Germany

The European Long-Term Investment Fund (Eltif) regime is entering a new phase, driven by a surge in local fund launches and rising domestic demand across Europe.

The German Bund yield continues to rise as Berlin struggles with Friedrich Merz’s planned budget deal. Investors are closely following the impasse between the CDU/CSU and the Greens.

When Friedrich Merz echoed Mario Draghi’s ‘whatever it takes’, he signalled a historic shift: economist Michael Hüther explains Germany’s big bold bet on infrastructure and defence.

World financial markets remained in a radical readjustment phase on Thursday as the implications of Germany’s fiscal shift continued to reverberate across global debt markets.

Around 60 million Germans are eligible to vote in Sunday’s national parliamentary elections. For decades, German elections have been predictable and uneventful, but this time, much more is at stake—far beyond just the composition of the Bundestag.

As Europe braces for Trump’s return, Bill Campbell at Doubleline warns of a ‘Terrible Trifecta’ of political, economic, and external pressures disrupting global order in 2025

Columnist Jeroen Blokland takes a look at persistently declining industrial production in Germany.

Despite ominous forecasts, the German stock market is also participating unhindered in the rally that most markets saw in October. The DAX index rose 8.4 per cent last month.  This is striking, as virtually all indicators point to a very bleak outlook for the eurozone’s largest economy. Is the German economic model faltering?

The largest economy in the eurozone is weakening. The German Dax index has been hit unprecedentedly hard in recent months. The discount that has emerged on equities presents a prime opportunity according to specialists. “The economic situation in Germany is lousy, to say the least, but the stock market looks good.”

An energy crisis is imminent in Germany. The renowned trade surplus became a trade deficit in June. Inflation is dire and consumer confidence is at an all-time low.

Germany has unexpectedly reported its first trade deficit since 1991. The reversal of the trade balance in Europe’s largest economy shows how difficult it is for German companies to handle rising costs of oil and gas. Economists at ABN Amro and Nomura meanwhile expect Europe will enter into a recession.