Latest Press Releases

  1. Comment // 11.05.2017

    Additional Tax Revenues Should Be Used for a Bold Tax Reform

    The Working Party on „Tax Revenue Estimates“ at the German Federal Ministry of Finance has made considerable upward revisions to their estimates of German tax revenues until 2021. According to the Working…
  2. Comment // 03.05.2017

    "The Fed Shrinking Its Balance Sheet and the Rising US Budgetary Deficit Make a Dangerous Cocktail"

    As expected, the US Federal Reserve has made no change to the federal funds rate after raising it from 0.75 to 1.0 per cent back in March 2017. What has come to the fore of the debate surrounding monetary…
  3. Comment // 26.04.2017

    "Trump's Tax Reform Eases Concerns About Trade Wars"

    The Trump administration has specified first details of their long-announced tax reform. Accordingly, the reform seeks to cut corporate tax rates to 15 per cent, down from 35 per cent. For now, this tax cut…
  4. Comment // 24.04.2017

    The Credibility of Germany’s "Debt Brake" Is at Risk

    Under the balanced budget amendment (or "debt brake") in Germany’s Basic Law, as of 2020 the federal states will be forced to balance their budgets and as of last year the limit on the total national deficit is…
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