Germany’s ‘whatever it takes’ spending push to end years of stagnation

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  Germany's Merz promises to do 'whatever it takes' on defence

  Germany's likely chancellor-to-be announces a political deal to raise hundreds of billions of euros in extra spending.
  
  BBC News - 1d

• 10-, 30-year yields rise as traders eye a military-spending boom in Germany

  U.S. government debt mostly sold off on Tuesday, pushing 10- and 30-year yields higher for the first time in three sessions, as traders appeared to look past a tit-for-tat trade war and focused on ...
  
  MarketWatch - 1d
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  Germany pledges to ramp up defense and infrastructure spending

  Yahoo News - 1d

• White House pushes back on criticism of Trump spending cuts

  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday said Americans support the massive job and spending cuts President Trump has enacted across the federal government since returning to the Oval ...
  
  CBS News - Feb. 21
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  Final push for votes in Germany election as frontrunner vows to lead in Europe

  Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.
  
  BBC News - Feb. 22

• Why Germany’s debt rules are a bellwether for EU defence spending

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• Germany’s Merz in ‘difficult’ talks over plans to boost defence spending

  Debate over multibillion-Euro top-up to military fund is playing a central role in exploratory coalition discussions
  
  Financial Times - 6d
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  Germany’s Merz strikes ‘game-changing’ deal to boost defence spending

  Move to relax debt brake marks historic shift in country’s conservative approach to borrowing
  
  Financial Times - 1d

• Germany still will be more austere than U.S. even if spending splurge approved

  The incredible thing about Germany’s finances is that planned extra spending of about $1 trillion still would put them as having the lowest debt-to-gross domestic product of the Group of Seven ...
  
  MarketWatch - 1d

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