Angela Merkel

Politics and central bankers to drive the markets this week

Hussein Sayed
September 25, 2017
Angela Merkel has secured her fourth term as German chancellor, but politics in Europe’s largest economy is becoming more complicated.

Merkel’s poor showing weighs on euro

Fawad Razaqzada
September 25, 2017
The markets’ initial reaction to the outcome of the German federal election has been negative.

DAX could benefit from EUR/USD weakness ahead of German elections

Fawad Razaqzada
September 21, 2017
Germans will go to the polls this Sunday and Chancellor Angela Merkel is widely expected to win her fourth term in power.

Are the markets right to ignore the German election

Jameel Ahmad
September 18, 2017
The German Election, scheduled for 24 September, has the potential to squeeze the recent EUR gains.

Obama, Merkel push for trade deal as foreign crises weigh

Roberta Rampkin, Andreas Rinke, Joseph Nasr and Noah Barkin, Reuters
April 25, 2016

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Growing scale of Cologne attacks stokes German debate on migrants

John O'Donnell, Ralf Bode and Michael Shields, Reuters
January 11, 2016

Attacks on women in Cologne and other German cities on New Year's Eve have prompted more than 600 criminal complaints, with police suspicion resting on asylum seekers, putting pressure on Chancello

Brits want out of EU

Guy Faulconbridge and Irene Preisinger, Reuters
January 7, 2016

A majority of Britons who have made up their minds would vote to leave the European Union in a forthcoming referendum, making Britain by f

Eurozone not budging on Greece

Patrick Donahue
February 4, 2015
German Chancellor Merkel indicated that Tsipras' diplomatic offensive is not working.

Merkel scolds Eurozone on fiscal discipline

Tony Czuczka, Bloomberg
October 3, 2014
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she won’t stop pressing euro-area governments to comply with debt and deficit rules because Europe’s credibility is at stake.

Europe stocks climb as German consumer confidence beats forecast

Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg
November 27, 2013
Merkel reaches coalition agreement, heightening confidence