13-03-2003 03:49									#1
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Schroeder is planning to inject cash into the economy through direct aid and cheap loans that will create jobs directly. I like this idea. Japan is injecting cash into their economy by purchasing government debt, but I don't like that too much. I like this idea better, because the German government will have control over how the money will be spent. Good idea Shroeder

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2840807.stm

Last edited by DuncanK on 13-03-2003 at 04:02

	13-03-2003 04:06									#2
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Exerpt from the article:

quote: The finance ministry has reportedly been working on ways to introduce the cheap-loans plan without troubling the federal budget.

I would be interested to see how they are going to handle this before I would judge weather or not it is a good idea.

	13-03-2003 04:28									#3
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Instead of using taxes or borrowing money they will just print currency.

	13-03-2003 04:35									#4
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Well, I guess they can't print money. I'm not sure how they will do it. It sounds good though.

	13-03-2003 04:39									#5
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quote: Originally posted by DuncanK Instead of using taxes or borrowing money they will just print currency.

Bad idea then. Inflationary and sets a bad precedent. This would worsen their budget problems, not help them

	13-03-2003 04:40									#6
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quote: Originally posted by DuncanK Well, I guess they can't print money. I'm not sure how they will do it. It sounds good though.

Good point! I forgot

	13-03-2003 05:07									#7
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This is what is going on in Japan, but I don't see how Germany could do the same thing.

quote: Since the BoJ has little room to manoeuvre on interest rates - which are effectively at zero - it has to seek more inventive ways of massaging the financial system. Doing something to mend banks is seen as vital, since reviving bank lending is the main way to pump cash back into the economy, and hence reverse the debilitating cycle of deflation. Under an inflation targeting programme, the Bank would set a target for inflation over a fixed period, and then seek to hit it by buying assets such as shares, bonds or property.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2793005.stm

	13-03-2003 05:24									#8
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i think that the labor market is too rigid - business' cant fire when they start to lose money, and they cannot cut wages.

	13-03-2003 08:54									#9
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Yeah, definitely create jobs directly.

	13-03-2003 08:59									#10
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I heard the price tag of reunification was at 1 trillion dollars US.

That can't be true can it?

	13-03-2003 10:23									#11
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The east is still behind the west in just about every catagory. Reunification is still costing money.