by Wolf Richter • • Comments Off on German Economy Wobbles Between Shrinkage And Stagnation, Stocks Soar
Since 2012, German economic growth has been back where it was when Germany was called the “Sick Man of Europe.” Only this time, Germany has been anointed the model economy for others to follow and admire.
by Wolf Richter • • Comments Off on Lies, Damned Lies, and Banks: Deutsche Bank’s Whitewash Of “Senior Management”
Germany has its own JP Morgan, mired in a swamp of sordid scandals, investigations, lawsuits, and fines. Now a letter by the banking regulator was leaked that blasts Deutsche Bank’s internal investigation of the rate rigging scandal as a senior management whitewash.
by Don Quijones • • Comments Off on Financial Tiki-Taka: Ugly Side of the ‘Beautiful Game’ in Spain
By Don Quijones: On the surface and on the pitch, Spanish football has never been better. The national team of once-perpetual underachievers has won two European Championships and one World Cup in the last six years, a feat unmatched by any other European nation.
by Wolf Richter • • Comments Off on The Most Despised Tax-And-Retreat French President Has ANOTHER Plan
President Hollande has a solution to France’s economic quagmire, with odds like a lottery. He’d launch a “responsibility pact” – one of his many phrases to haunt him later. It would be a radical shift. When you come to the end of your bumpy road, veer to the right.
by Don Quijones • • Comments Off on Death By A Thousand Cuts: The Silent Assassination Of European Democracy
By Don Quijones: The EU is riddled with fatal flaws and defects, including the single currency. However, by far the greatest — and certainly most dangerous — structural flaw is its gaping democratic deficit.
by Wolf Richter • • Comments Off on LEAKED Confession: Cesspool Of Greek-German Corruption
Apparently, it has been impossible to sell Greece any weapons at all, not even a water pistol, without bribing officials at the Defense Ministry. But it takes two to tango. And in holier-than-thou Germany, the defense industry has been all too eager to dance with Greece.
by Don Quijones • • Comments Off on Epic Duel In Spain Between The Politically Connected CEO Of A Collapsed Bank And A Judge
By Don Quijones: In most places these days, it’s probably easier to pass a camel through the eye of a needle than it is to pass a corrupt CEO of a failed bank through a wide-open prison gate. But a judge in Spain tried – and it’s costing him dearly.
by Wolf Richter • • Comments Off on This Ends In A “Planned Economy” – Bundesbank President
When Jens Weidmann, President of the emasculated Bundesbank, speaks, central bankers and money printers worldwide stuff wax into their ears. “Caution,” he started out, “the euro crisis is far from over.” Then he committed central-bank heresy.
by Wolf Richter • • Comments Off on Mother Of All Currency Wars in One Chart: Dollar Vs. Swiss Franc
The destruction of the dollar – so clearly visible against the Swiss Franc – took on a sudden virulent form in 1970. It has been going on just about all my life. And it’s still going on. When even the Swiss couldn’t handle it anymore, they too jumped into the currency war.
by Wolf Richter • • Comments Off on Germany’s Complex Export Religion In One Chart
Today we got another morsel from the German export smorgasbord, along with a beautiful long-term chart from the German statistical agency that says it all.
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