Economics

German Fiscal Stimulus Already Creeping In, Whatever Merkel Says

  • Long-Term investment measures already being rolled out
  • Short-term boost to demand has been drafted in case needed
Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg
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To much of the outside world, Germany seems so wedded to its balanced budget policy that it won’t deploy fiscal stimulus until it’s too late.