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Why even Germany needs ECB support

Some reporters have put recent hawkish remarks by Axel Weber, the Bundesbank’s ECB representative, down to the relative strength of the German economy. But even there, the economic outlook warrants more monetary policy support, let alone in the euro-zone’s beleaguered periphery.

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