Ralph Atkins Archive
FT.com / Europe – Exporters warn of German credit squeeze
Credit, Exports, Financial Times
Jun 29, 2009
[Skip to the end] Don’t think markets are ready for this: Exporters warn of German credit squeeze by Ralph Atkins June 26th (Bloomberg) — Germany’s powerful export industry is warning of a credit squeeze in Europe’s largest economy even after the European Central Bank’s injection this week of one-year liquidity into the
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Merkel attacks central banks
ECB, Financial Times, Inflation
Jun 02, 2009
[Skip to the end] > Karim writes: > Surprising comments show political difficulties of QE in Europe. With fiscal policy constrained > and the Euro strong, that means more pressure on ‘conventional’ monetary policy: ECB to > keep o/n rate low for long. Yes, agreed. Shows no understanding of monetary operations whatsoever. With the old German
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