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Former Merkel adviser will become fourth chair in three years at German lender
Economist is likely to uphold Jens Weidmann’s hawkish stance on monetary policy
Euro knocked by ECB president’s dovish comments on need to avoid ‘premature tightening’ of monetary policy
German central banker said to have tired of fighting an often lonely battle over bond buying and negative rates
Bundesbank president was a prominent dissenting voice at the ECB
Choice of central bank head will send early signal on balance of power between three parties
Head of Germany’s central bank was a vocal and often lonely critic of the ECB’s ultra-loose monetary policy
Pandemic and climate change have shifted Jens Weidmann’s red lines
Jens Weidmann says ‘inflation is not dead’ and warns of risk that energy prices will rise
Jens Weidmann warns German inflation will surge to more than 3% this year
Weidmann stands by ‘market neutrality’ for €3.5tn programme in debate over purchasing assets of carbon-heavy companies
Jens Weidmann says we can explore requiring better risk disclosures but cannot make up for a lack of political will
Weidmann signals possible fresh EU split over speed of withdrawal of Covid-19 support
German central bank to take lead from Berlin, which says requirements of ruling have been satisfied
Jens Weidmann tells MPs he is confident clash over bond-buying programme can be resolved
Paolo Gentiloni says framework is ill-suited to a low-growth, low-inflation environment
Political mood is shifting against long-running attachment to fiscal surpluses
Bundesbank head apologises but fears remain over constant talking down of policy
Initiative likely to set up clash with German central banker Jens Weidmann
Central bank president faces inflation policy opposition from Bundesbank’s Weidmann
The climate change debate pits the young against the old, but those in the middle must solve it.
Bundesbank boss argues against idea championed by new ECB president Lagarde
Bundesbank president sets out fresh argument against changing stimulus programme’s rules
Jens Weidmann spent much of his first term fighting a lonely resistance to ECB’s loose monetary policy
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