The market reaction to the German election outcome was relatively modest. 10y Bund yields tracked towards 2.5%, underperforming modestly versus swaps. In part, this could just be an unwind of the ...

The outcome of the German election “has not resulted in a clear path to the constitution being changed to allow for a step ...

These safeguards — keeping annual deficits below 1.5 per cent in the long term, and reducing excess debt by at least half a percentage point per year — “bite more” for the likes of Germany, Finland ...

The Left Party, which promised rent caps, tax-free food, and more support for low-income households funded by the wealthy, was the most popular among Germans under 30, particularly women, scoring 24% ...

As geopolitical events unfold, correlations among asset classes are shifting. European equities have held up well, even as ...

The euro eased off highs from a brief rally on Monday as the focus shifted from the election victory of Germany's ...

Laura Pitel Well, the first thing to say is that Merz’s CDU has always been very fiscally hawkish, and their manifesto says that they are opposed to changing the debt brake in any way. That has ...

INITIAL projections of the result of Germany's election last Sunday set the stage for protracted coalition talks, meaning ...

GERMAN stocks ended on Monday higher in Europe after conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won the national election with ...

Friedrich Merz looks poised to form a coalition between his center-right alliance and the center-left Social Democrats, but ...

Friday, 13:30. What the Federal Reserve (Fed) talks about when it talks about inflation–the core Personal Consumption ...

F RIEDRICH MERZ, who is likely to become Germany’s next chancellor, used his victory in Sunday’s elections to issue a ...