The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Former Bundesbank boss Weber to lead UBS Swiss banking giant UBS said Friday it is planning for former German central bank chief Axel Weber to take over as its next chairman, saying that he will be nominated to the board in 2012 before taking over the top post in 2013. https://www.thelocal.de/20110701/36009 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:46:00 +0200 36009 Bundesbank sees 2.5 percent growth in 2011 The German central bank said Tuesday that growth should be around 2.5 percent this year as domestic demand picks up alongside exports, the traditional driver of Europe's largest economy. https://www.thelocal.de/20110308/33585 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:14:00 +0100 33585 Weber says he ducked ECB job due to lack of European support Bundesbank president Axel Weber says he decided not to run for leadership of the European Central Bank (ECB) because he did not enjoy the support of enough European governments. https://www.thelocal.de/20110212/33057 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:21:00 +0100 33057 Bundesbank's Weber says ECB to hold course into 2011 Bundesbank chief Axel Weber indicated Friday the European Central Bank would pursue relaxed monetary policies into 2011 while suggesting he might not be a "diplomatic" ECB head. https://www.thelocal.de/20100820/29295 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:57:00 +0200 29295 Nobel laureate Krugman slams Bundesbank's Weber as risk to euro Nobel Prize-winning US economist Paul Krugman launched a withering attack on Monday on Axel Weber, the head of Germany's central bank and the most likely successor to European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet. https://www.thelocal.de/20100621/27999 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:59:00 +0200 27999 ECB resumes dollar loans to eurozone banks The European Central Bank in Frankfurt on Tuesday resumed loans of US dollars following an agreement with the US Federal Reserve that is part of a massive EU plan to save the euro. https://www.thelocal.de/20100511/27129 Tue, 11 May 2010 19:37:00 +0200 27129 Berlin begins jockeying for top ECB job Germany on Monday appeared likely to step up its campaign to make Bundesbank chief Axel Weber the next European Central Bank president, as eurozone ministers met to decide on the ECB's vice president. https://www.thelocal.de/20100215/25277 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:16:00 +0100 25277