Memo to Chancellor Scholz: ‘Sustainable investment not real estate’, COP26 must prompt action on net zero commitments, and more
THE WEEKEND REVIEW Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world
22-26 November 2021, Vol.12 Ed.47
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Memo to Chancellor Scholz: ‘Sustainable investment not real estate’: A timely warning to the new German government on promoting productive rather than speculative investments has been sounded by a wide-ranging report from McKinsey Global...
Weidmann waves the hawkish white flag, Digital euro will bring innovation opportunities, and more
THE WEEKEND REVIEW Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world
18-22 October 2021, Vol.12 Ed.42
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Weidmann waves the hawkish white flag: Germany’s difficult coalition-building process has gained fresh complexity following the announcement of Jens Weidmann’s resignation. The departure of the Bundesbank president, coinciding with the departure from office of...
Scholz is banking on Europe and Draghi, Digital euro as a complement to cash
Wednesday 20 October 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.42.3
Commentary: Italy and France advance in German agenda
By David Marsh in London
Italy and France look set to top Germany’s European policy agenda if, as expected, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz heads a new Berlin government. There were few hints of concrete European initiatives in the three-party document published on 15 October as a prelude to formal coalition talks between Scholz’s...
Next steps for the digital euro and the Arab CBDC conference
Friday 24 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.38.5
Commentary: Digital euro will be slow and difficult journey
By Katie-Ann Wilson in London
In July this year the European Central Bank officially launched its digital euro project, marking the end of the ‘examination phase’ and the beginning of an ambitious two-year ‘investigation phase’, with the potential to launch in five years’ time. This takes the ECB one step further than the 86% of central...
How Germany can provide answers to crucial questions, Digital euro future
Tuesday 21 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.38.2
Commentary: Germany should show it has a strategy – for anything
By John Kornblum in Berlin
Foreign expectations for the 2021 German election are a combination of hope and worry. Hope that Germany’s famous stability will continue and, paradoxically, worry that fixation with stability could paralyse the next government. How best could Germany meet these many hopes? In the west, a...