Ex-Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann set to join Commerzbank
Former Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann is to become chair of Commerzbank next year, the German lender announced on Saturday in a surprise move that marks a crucial vote of…
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Jens Weidmann, the longtime German central bank chief, will step down.
Jens Weidmann, the head of Germany’s central bank for a decade and a close ally of Angela Merkel, plans to step down by year-end, amid disagreements with the European Central Bank’s…
Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann to step down
Jens Weidmann has decided to step down after a decade as head of Germany’s central bank in a move that comes only weeks after the country’s general election and shortly before a…
ECB must tighten policy if needed to counter inflation, Weidmann says
BERLIN: The European Central Bank must tighten monetary policy if it needs to counter inflationary pressures and cannot be put off from doing so by the financing costs of euro zone states,…