ZEW President Fuest Welcomes Increased Government Investment Without Additional Debt

The president of the Centre for European Economic Research, Professor Clemens Fuest, gives a positive assessment of additional government investments.

"The Federal Government has made a welcome decision -  higher investments, but with a moderate volume, well-considered, and financed without additional debt," he commented on yesterday's announcement by Federal Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble. Minister Schäuble said that the Federal Government will provide further financial resources for investments. An additional ten billion euros will be invested between 2016 and 2018, according to the Minister of Finance.

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Professor Clemens Fuest, Phone: +49/621/1235-100, E-mail: fuest@zew.de