Germany’s complacency

Strong growth compared to the rest of eurozone could lull Germany into a false sense of security.

September promises to be an interesting month for markets. In America, the Federal Reserve meets to discuss whether to slow (or taper') its quantitative easing (QE) programme, and if so, by how much. But markets are also on tenterhooks ahead of the German election on 22 September.

Campaigning so far has been "downbeat", says Kate Connolly on Guardian.co.uk. The highlight of Sunday's TV debate between Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, and rival Social Democrat (SPD) leader Peer Steinbrck, was Merkel's necklace in the German national colours, which soon had its own Twitter account.

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