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ECB should follow Fed’s transparency example, PBoC interventions in offshore renminbi necessary for now, and more

6 November 2021

ECB should follow Fed’s transparency example, PBoC interventions in offshore renminbi necessary for now, and more

THE WEEKEND REVIEW Latest opinion and analysis from OMFIF around the world

1-5 November 2021, Vol.12 Ed.44

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ECB should follow Fed’s transparency example: Twenty months into Covid-19, the European Central Bank is deliberating the end of the pandemic emergency purchase programme. David Marsh, chairman, OMFIF, spoke to Der Spiegel about how President Christine Lagarde...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/06/ecb-should-follow-feds-transparency-example-pboc-interventions-in-offshore-renminbi-necessary-for-now-and-more/

Scholz is banking on Europe and Draghi, Digital euro as a complement to cash

20 October 2021

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...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/10/20/scholz-is-banking-on-europe-and-draghi-digital-euro-as-a-complement-to-cash/

German election: polarisation over key issues in store for coalition bargaining

17 September 2021

German election: polarisation over key issues in store for coalition bargaining

Friday 17 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.37.5

Commentary: German polemics over inflation, energy and ECB

By David Marsh in Berlin

A heady mix of polemics and polarisation over inflation, tax and spend, European monetary policies and energy lies ahead for Germany. The contours starting to form for the aftermath of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule portend a fractious future. Whatever the post-election constellation,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/17/german-election-polarisation-over-key-issues-in-store-for-coalition-bargaining/

Scholz takes pole position as German election campaign enters final stretch

14 September 2021

Scholz takes pole position as German election campaign enters final stretch

Tuesday 14 September 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.37.2

Commentary: Finance minister favourite to take Merkel’s difficult legacy

By David Marsh in London

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, in a startling turnaround of fortunes, is now favourite to follow Angela Merkel as German chancellor after the 26 September election. What kind of leader could he be? Is this a new Helmut Schmidt, Germany’s internationally renowned Social Democrat...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/14/scholz-takes-pole-position-as-german-election-campaign-enters-final-stretch/

Why we shouldn’t expect great change in German elections

24 August 2021

Why we shouldn’t expect great change in German elections

Tuesday 24 August 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.34.2

Commentary: Germany changes but not on election day

By John Kornblum in Berlin

German election campaigns often begin with predictions of great change – but then everything stays more or less the same. The favourite candidate, Armin Laschet, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union, is a middle-of-the road Rhinelander. A new government, even with participation of the Greens, will make little...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/24/why-we-shouldnt-expect-great-change-in-german-elections/