The analysis that follows accompanies Manuel’s political overview, over at GEM, of the recent events in Germany as well as Edward’s economic survey of the current state of play in the Germ...

We’ll soon get the announcement. Here are a few possibilities, computed by Thomson/Reuters, using citation analysis. If I had to vote, it would be a Taylor/Woodford prize.  For a sense of th...

I am a sucker for a good argument presented with the correct dose of eloquence and cold facts, and John Hempton’s latest tour of the balance sheet of the Spanish bank BBVA is just that. Essentia...

… at least not yet that is. Let us see how the rest in Europe will fare. (From Bloomberg) U.K. gross domestic product unexpectedly dropped in the third quarter as enduring slumps in services, ...

It is indeed an old adage that while goods things are to be preferred over bad things it is possible to get too much of the former. Looking at recent comments from the governor of the Reserve Bank of ...