financial investment Flash Crash This crash is worse than Black Monday in 1987 – – Status: 12:54 p.m. | Reading time: 3 minutes “The corona virus is a blow to the office” – – The loading of container ships is stalling in Chinese ports. Crane operators and dock workers are missing. In addition, hardly any … Read more
economy GDP Germany is in a dangerous state of stagnation – – Status: 09:37 a.m. | Reading time: 4 minutes – – – – German economy stagnated at the end of 2019 – – The German economy is at a standstill. In the last three months of 2019, gross domestic product no longer grew compared … Read more
FFor Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller, capital markets are increasingly driven by stories rather than hard facts. A new narrative is currently chasing the old story on the stock exchanges. This new narrative is troubling and says: Global industrial society is vulnerable to pandemics. At the beginning of the year, the old story seemed unshakable, … Read more
economy World Economic Forum “Is she chief economist?” – Greta Thunberg counters allegations by the US Treasury Secretary – – Status: 10:21 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes – – – – How Greta Thunberg became an icon of the climate movement – – The Friday protests of Swedes Greta Thunberg all started in August … Read more
IThe European Central Bank (ECB) has given the go-ahead for the revision of the monetary policy strategy. It has been one of the major mammoth projects of the monetary watchdogs since the ECB was launched 20 years ago. The monetary policy strategy provides the framework for the decisions of the Governing Council. How much leeway … Read more
economy IMF forecast Germany, trapped in the relegation zone – – As of: 2:52 p.m. | Reading time: 4 minutes Germany’s economy has grown less in 2019 than it has for a long time – – Germany’s economy grew by 0.6 percent in 2019, the lowest rate in six years. For comparison: in 2018 the … Read more