Daily Archives: September 2, 2015

Germany ‘no longer attractive’ to US investors | EurActiv

September 2, 2015 By in Business Administration, China, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Germany, Growth, People, Politicians, Politics, Science Tags: , , , , , 1 Comment

EurActiv Germany reports that top American companies no longer see Germany as an attractive investment and the country is losing jobs as a result. It seems that, “Germany attracts attention, but it’s no longer attractive to investors,” according to AmCham Vice-President Frank Riemensperger.

Source: Germany ‘no longer attractive’ to US investors | EurActiv

Based upon Spiegel’s excellent article on innovation in Shanghai, I think that the EurActiv viewpoint has some traction.

Of course, the games not lost yet, and if German government policy towards investment and innovation was sufficiently aggressive, everything could still change.

Any thoughts on Germany stimulating investment and innovation?

Markets: The dangerous politics of central banks | The Economist

September 2, 2015 By in Austerity, Business Administration, Central banks, Economics, Euro Crisis, People, Politics Tags: , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

According to the Economist, central banks are now major creditors of western governments, guarantors of the financial system, set the cost of borrowing, potentially control access to housing finance (via macroprudential policy) and, at the ECB, mediating between the claims of creditor and debtor governments.

Source: Markets: The dangerous politics of central banks | The Economist

This is a first rate article. But what would we do if the central banks sat on their hands, certainly we couldn’t wait for political leaders to act?

Thoughts