Germany: an export powerhouse in trouble
Europe’s biggest economy by far has a particular sensitivity to soaring energy costs and slowing global demand. Recession cannot be discounted.
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Europe’s biggest economy by far has a particular sensitivity to soaring energy costs and slowing global demand. Recession cannot be discounted.
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Investors, like central banks, will be hoping the age of low interest rates has further to run.
The global economy is spluttering – and inflation is giving central banks less scope to respond.
At the end of last year, supply chain disruptions looked set to ease in 2022. But war in Ukraine and China’s worst Covid outbreak have unleashed fresh trouble.
The pandemic may have slipped down the news agenda, but the world is still a long way from normal.
Despite the looming crisis, forecasters expect consumer spending, the main engine of GDP growth, to grow.
With a war in Europe, soaring inflation, rising interest rates and COVID on the rise in China, volatility is the watchword.
Some combination of energy efficiency, renewables and nuclear power is the ultimate solution to Europe’s energy woes. But this can’t be achieved overnight.
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