MUNICH (Reuters) - Germany's best known economist Hans-Werner Sinn wanted to become a missionary as a teenager. His wife believes he is one. The president of the influential Ifo think tank has been advocating for Greece's exit from the euro zone in newspapers and talk shows for two years, convinced this is the only way for the debt-laden country to avoid economic disaster and for Germany to stop ...
The German government will more closely oversee the country's move from nuclear power to renewable energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday ? a mammoth 10-year project for Europe's biggest economy ...
Germany sold $5.7 billion of debt today to yield 0 percent, a reflection of how much Europe's largest economy has diverged from its southern neighbors who are paying far more to borrow.