Germany's record trade surplus is a bigger threat to euro than Greece

Germany's record trade surplus is a bigger threat to euro than Greece

Press quote (The Telegraph)
Simon Tilford
05 May 2015
"Their surplus should be treated in the same way as the southern deficits were treated earlier, as a comparable threat to eurozone stability. What is so worrying is that the surplus would normally be falling rapidly at this stage of the economic cycle," he said. ..."Germany should cut taxes on low incomes and VAT. It has plenty of fiscal scope to do so. It chooses not to," said Mr Tilford.