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 German economy 'on verge of boom' The Institute for World Economics in Kiel (IfW) published a report on Monday arguing that the European Central Bank's (ECB) monetary policy is going to have a destabilising effect on the German economy - despite what might at first look like a positive impact. https://www.thelocal.de/20150323/german-economy-on-verge-of-boom Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:47:32 +0100 german-economy-on-verge-of-boom Merkel casts doubt on France, Italy reforms Reforms undertaken by France and Italy are insufficient, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published Sunday, a week after the two countries won more time from the EU to put their public finances in order. https://www.thelocal.de/20141207/merkel-casts-doubt-on-france-reforms Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:35:20 +0100 merkel-casts-doubt-on-france-reforms Germany's poor count cost of recession A survey into Germany's rich and poor shows that while Germany as a whole may have escaped the worst of Europe's debt crisis, many of its citizens have not. https://www.thelocal.de/20120923/45135 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:53:00 +0200 45135