FT: Germany warns US on market bubbles

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Germany’s new finance minister has echoed Chinese warnings about the growing threat of fresh global asset price bubbles, fuelled by low US interest rates and a weak dollar.

Wolfgang Schäuble’s comments highlight official concern in Europe that the risk of further financial market turbulence has been exacerbated by the exceptional steps taken by central banks and governments to combat the crisis.

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Filed under: * Economics, PoliticsEconomyThe U.S. GovernmentFederal ReserveThe United States Currency (Dollar etc)* International News & CommentaryAmerica/U.S.A.EuropeGermany

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Posted November 22, 2009 at 5:00 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Sick & Tired of Nuance wrote:

Drunk on the bailout money freshly fleeced from the working class, I believe that those which this article was intended to reach will not hear the warning or heed it if they do hear it.  They will not see the error of their profligacy until the hangover.  Intoxication, the ingestion of that which is toxic, clouds the judgement and dulls the mind.  As most everyone knows, there are many many avenues to intoxication and averice is certainly one of them.

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