1) @VMRConstancio cogently makes the case for why Germany not the ECB is responsible for negative rates.
2) Spiegel usually has fairly combative interviews, regardless the subject. But this seems almost sympathetic.
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“Berlin must come to terms with an economic reality in which being overly proud of one's exports just won't cut it...
...time to turn away from the policy of a perfectly balanced budget.”