As readers might realise by now, I like to be the first to write about things which might impact the economy (be it the German, EU, or global economy) in future (tomorrow, this year, or in the next five years). Today I want to be the first to go on record as having said that Germany’s highly-respected and much-liked minister of finance Wolfgang Schäuble doesn’t have what it takes to be the minister of finance of the biggest economy in the EU. And that he won’t survive in that position until the end of 2010. [Read on]

When the economic environment changes too fast for economists to follow, that’s always a bit disappointing to me – big economist fan that I am.  [Read on]