Available data suggest that, between 2006 and 2012, Germany may have suffered losses to the value of more than 20% of annual economic output on its net foreign assets. Were these presumed losses on German net foreign assets coincidental or can they be attributed to deeper causes? Over time,...

Available data suggest that, between 2006 and 2012, Germany may have suffered losses to the value of more than 20% of annual economic output on its net foreign assets. Were these presumed losses on German net foreign assets coincidental or can they be attributed to deeper causes? Over time,...

Deutschland hat seit dem Jahr 2006 Wertverluste von mehr als zwanzig Prozent der jährlichen Wirtschaftsleistung auf sein Nettoauslandsvermögen erlitten. War dies Zufall, oder steckt mehr dahinter? Die Frage ist nicht einfach zu beantworten. Im Zeitablauf schwankende Vermögensbewertungen sind...

Germany's international investments show large net valuation losses of more than 20 percent of GDP since 2006. Is this entirely random or is there a story behind these losses? It is difficult to provide a meaningful answer to this question. In general, high valuation losses on the net foreign...

We analyse global and euro area imbalances by focusing on China and Germany as large surplus and creditor countries. In the 2000s, domestic reforms in both countries expanded the effective labour force, restrained wages, shifted income towards profits and increased corporate saving. As a result,...

Deutschland hat seit dem Jahr 2006 Wertverluste von mehr als zwanzig Prozent der jährlichen Wirtschaftsleistung auf sein Nettoauslandsvermögen erlitten. War dies Zufall, oder steckt mehr dahinter? Die Frage ist nicht einfach zu beantworten. Im Zeitablauf schwankende Vermögensbewertungen sind...