Hans-Werner Sinn, 2 August 2011
With the fire in the Eurozone still burning, this column asks how it started. It highlights three phases in capital flows since the introduction of the euro. First, capital flowed out of Germany to the booming periphery countries. Second, as the crisis hit, TARGET2 caused a forced capital export from the Bundesbank . Third, public capital flows, which again rely on money from Germany, have only just begun.
Full Article: Germanyâs capital exports under the euro
With the fire in the Eurozone still burning, this column asks how it started. It highlights three phases in capital flows since the introduction of the euro. First, capital flowed out of Germany to the booming periphery countries. Second, as the crisis hit, TARGET2 caused a forced capital export from the Bundesbank . Third, public capital flows, which again rely on money from Germany, have only just begun.
Full Article: Germanyâs capital exports under the euro