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| Germany's massive trade surplus ‘is becoming toxic,' Ifo director says |
| 2018-07-06 |
| [CNBC] Germany exporting more than it imports is becoming a big problem for its economy, a director from the country’s closely-watched Ifo Institute said Wednesday. "(The trade surplus) is turning out to be an increasing issue, not just with the U.S. but with other trade partners as well, and also within the European Union," Gabriel Felbermayr, the director of the Ifo Center for International Economics at the Munich-based institute, told CNBC’s "Squawk Box Europe." "The surplus is becoming toxic, and also within Germany many argue now that we need to do something about it with the purpose of lowering it. It turns out to be a liability rather than an asset." Who changed this? Trump. Germany’s export-orientated, manufacturing economy and its resulting trade surplus ‐ the value of its exports exceeding that of its imports ‐ has long been a subject of criticism and Berlin has been pressured to encourage more domestic spending and boost imports. Trade surpluses are viewed as encouraging trade protectionism and worsening the economic problems of other countries. The Euro works as a cheat for German economy. The euro is way underpriced for Germany. They also receive massive subsidies in the form of free protection for their exports from the US Navy. Something we never get thanked for. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy |
| #6 ..cause they can't get a good return on investment back home. It's why they got caught up with the 2008-9 crash. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-07-06 18:47 |
| #5 "German banks lend foreigners the money " To Trump, for example |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2018-07-06 16:25 |
| #4 It worked in 2009. |
| Posted by: Fat Bob Gleager4645 2018-07-06 13:21 |
| #3 They failed their stress test, but the stockholders didn't care (cause they believe the American taxpayer will be stuck with the bill again in a failure). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-07-06 09:23 |
| #2 German banks lend foreigners the money to buy german products and ze Germans record this as an asset. It's just like the other banking collapses. Deutsche Bankrupt. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-07-06 09:17 |
| #1 And here they thought that fourth time is lucky. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-06 01:58 |