FFS www.spiegel.de/auto/rrx-zwi...

Rarely seen such a powerful @financialtimes.com reader‘s comment. I went off the sauce more than 1.5 years ago and my only regret is not having done it much earlier. My general wellbeing — including my mental health — improved beyond description. on.ft.com/3L7IoCy

Can Porsche be saved? Once one of the most reliable sources of profits for Volkswagen, it has plunged into its deepest crisis in three decades. Sebastien Ash & Kana Inagaki take stock - they even talked the the new CEO (when he still was at McLaren.) www.ft.com/content/a0c3...

Crazy days... who would have thought that there would be a day when I mention Tuffi, the circus elephant who famously jumped out of Wuppertal's suspension monorail in 1950 when a PR stunt went wrong, and roman emperor Nero in the very same FT article? www.ft.com/content/0400...

German banks push private equity funds to retail investors on.ft.com/4qgUYjb

This post on the ECB's blong about the science behind this year's Economic Nobel laureates, is rather good: www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...

Rapha is in crisis mode with plunging sales and big losses - how Fran Millar, the fourth CEO in three years, wants to fix the cycling fashion brand. www.ft.com/content/8b55...

Industrieproduktion ist im August auf Niveau von 2005 eingebrochen - und 20% unter dem Peak von 2017. Die Autoproduktion liegt derzeit auf dem Niveau von 2000 und ist 60 Prozent unter dem Allzeit-Hoch. www.ft.com/content/745f...

Vielleicht erklärt dem SPIEGEL jmd bei Gelegenheit den Unterschied zwischen RAUB und DIEBSTAHL?

on.ft.com/4gwD4US In charts: Can Germany afford its €1.35tn welfare state? @chassnews.bsky.social @olafstorbeck.ft.com

Dating back to the days of Otto von Bismarck, German’s welfare spending is at all time high. It’s not v good at fighting poverty and set to become even more €€€. Joint work with @chassnews.bsky.social and @claradoodle.bsky.social on.ft.com/4mqdq5G

Die @stadtffm.bsky.social hat es heute auf die Titelseite der @financialtimes.com geschafft - weil sie ihr Versprechen bricht, der European School Frankfurt einen neuen Standort zu besorgen. Dort bezahlt die EZB jetzt neue Container. Christine Lagarde: "Das ist peinlich!"

A decade after rescuing Greece from default, the ECB has launched a very different bailout in its own backyard: It has provided €6.9mn of funding to Frankfurt’s oversubscribed European School after the City of Frankfurt failed to deliver on promises to find a new site. www.ft.com/content/4a8c...

Langsam bekomme ich wirklich Mitleid mit Markus Braun. Der hat nicht nur eine Milliarde verloren und seine Freiheit, die Kollegen vom Spiegel nehmen ihm jetzt auch noch seinen Titel als Wirecard-Boss.

I spoke to @olafstorbeck.ft.com @financialtimes.com after Thursday’s ECB Governing Council meeting: www.ft.com/content/da2e...

We asked 94 economists to describe the future path of US monetary policy in one sentence. Many only needed one word: “horrible”, “chaos”, a “disaster” an “Turkey“ on.ft.com/4n6eDj4

I had a good talk with @olafstorbeck.ft.com & @financialtimes.com. There is simply no room for complacency about price stability. We have to be mindful of the downside risks to inflation. on.ft.com/4n4gSU7

A top European Central Bank policymaker has pushed back against the view among investors that another rate cut over coming months is off the table, stressing that inflation risks are currently “tipped to the downside”. Olli Rehn: “There is simply no room for complacency" www.ft.com/content/763f...

If you read one article this weekend, read this one on Israel. “The country’s moderates are not giving up the struggle against their rogue government — and progressives elsewhere must not give up on them, writes historian Fania Oz-Salzberger” on.ft.com/3Vo4r9Q

Asbestos, gold and spiralling costs: Bundesbank weighs abandoning Frankfurt headquarters—It might be more economical to sell the old premises, which could be turned into a prime residential development…  www.ft.com/content/e9d6... @olafstorbeck.ft.com @en.finalfantasyxiv.com

“We botched it with Riester, and I don’t know how many more chances we will get. We simply cannot afford to get it wrong again.” The prospect for Germany's state pension is dire. Berlin is now trying to nudge people to the stock market with a €10-a-month subsidy for kids www.ft.com/content/f1cb...

The Bundesbank is considering abandoning its landmark brutalist headquarters amid regulatory criticism of a multibillion euro redevelopment of the asbestos-stricken site, where half of the country’s gold reserves are stored. on.ft.com/460UoxH

"London Edinburgh London 2025 must have been the best ‘cancelled’ ride in the history of cycling. Quickly relabeled “London Floris London”, it was a mass application of the principle that “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” #LEL25 #LEL2025 #Randonneur #Cycling #Audax #CyclingStories

My account of London Edinburgh London 2025 - the best 'cancelled' bike ride in the history of cycling: cycling-intelligence.com/2025/08/21/w...

BILD -Werbung in der Tradition von Patagonia(“Don’t buy this jacket!“) gegen das eigene Produkt?

Germany’s spending gamble - Friedrich Merz radical fiscal U turn and what it means for Europe's largest econony and the world, explained in a new FT video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9k4...

Google “AI” ist wirklich einfach nur Schrott. Kann gar nicht sagen, wie sehr mir das auf den Zeiger geht. Muss wirklich auf Alternativen umsteigen. Aber können vor lachen.

💥 Christine Lagarde has discussed cutting short her term as European Central Bank president to become chair of the World Economic Forum, ousted WEF founder Klaus Schwab told @financialtimes.com A bonafide marmalade-dropper from @mjruehl.bsky.social & @olafstorbeck.ft.com on.ft.com/45sZ4fO

Das Faltrad, das Leben retten kann. Als wir Brompton Bicycle CEO Will Butler-Adams davon erzählten, dass dt Fahrradfahrer Geld für den Kauf von 10 gebrauchten Krankenwagen für die Ukraine sammeln, spendete er spontan ein Brompton G Line Faltrad. Versteigerung läuft. www.ebay.de/itm/29728430...

Two of Europe’s most powerful trade unions have accused European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde of undermining workers’ rights at the Frankfurt institution, escalating a long-running and bitter feud over labour relations. www.ft.com/content/423a...

Yikes on.ft.com/3RwFiIn

Why don’t you wear a suit?

Happy Easter everyone! I am still glowing from our 300km Audax on Saturday which has raised some €17,500 for the purchase of a used ambulance that will be donated to Ukraine as part of Chainreaction Bike Convoy for Ukraine.

How was your weekend? Mine was great: I cycled 312km on Saturday in 17:33 hours for the final route check of Two Peaks Frankfurt. We are raising funds to buy a used ambulance for Ukraine. You can support us too! Donate straight to Bamberg:UA, the charity we are supporting. lnkd.in/e64ygqp4

Folks, I’m getting a bit tired of this daily soap.

#Eurozone & #AI: #Bundesbank enlists #AI to prove #ECB’s dovish bias, by @olafstorbeck.ft.com | Financial Times

What a fascinating story about the global gold trade, which Trump has sent into overdrive, by Leslie Hook. www.ft.com/content/2289...

Always fun to be back at university venues.... But back in the days, the speakers were rarely as prominent...

Trump completely lost his marbles.

What's next? Firing a tactical nuclear rocket?

It's such a shame for the profession that economists who already failed to see the Great Financial Crisis coming also did not see that Maganomics might not be good for the US. How could they miss that? www.ft.com/content/d6f5...

Love this reader's comment on our story about Germany's €2tn fiscal space over the next decade.

FT economists’ poll: Germany can spend almost €2tn without harming growth - survey finds ‘large fiscal capacity’, but economists urge would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz to spend funds wisely www.ft.com/content/fd0c...

Die Seiten zu den Strukturreformen sind offenbar im Fax liegengeblieben.

Die wenigen Absätze zum Klimaschutz im Sondierungspapier sind insofern wirklich nicht schlau, als dass die Koa ja noch die Zustimmung der Grünen zur GG-Änderung braucht. Da hätte man doch wenigstens ChatGPT noch ein paar Worthülsen zum Klimaschutz schreiben lassen können.

Und nur, dass ich das mit der Rente richtig verstehe. Abschlagsfreie Rente mit 63 bleibt, dafür schenken wir den Rentnern aber künftig viel Steuern, wenn sie danach dann trotzdem weiterarbeiten???

Mehr Mütterrente und “Familienbudget” - hoch die Tassen! Gut, wir müssen zwar massiv schuldenfinanziert investieren, aber warum sollen wir nicht auch gleichzeitig ein paar Kamelle ins Volks werden…. 🙈🙈🙈

Wait, what? “Neue” Selbständige sollen in staatliche Sozialversicherung gezwungen werdeen? Ziemlich wilde Idee…

Ich bin ja großer Fan des @table.media Politik-Podcast vom Michel Bröker und Helene Bubrowski geworden. Aber wie die sich beim Merz'schen "all that it takes"-Paket im Klein-Klein der Parteipolitik und Lobby-Stimmen verzetteln, ist wirklich ganz schlimm. table.media/podcast/tabl...

Friedrich Merz’s “whatever it takes” plan to unleash defence spending and overhaul German infrastructure is set to usher in the largest economic stimulus since the fall of the Berlin Wall. joint work with Laura Pitel in Berlin. www.ft.com/content/ee20...