Jens Weidmann

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  Merkel Defends ECB, Bundesbank

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 17, 2012

  Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany defended both sides of the bond-buying issue, saying that politicians should stay out of ECB limits in bond purchases but championing the right of the Bundesbank head to challenge them.

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  ECB To Buy Short-Term Bonds With No Public Cap: Sources

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 5, 2012

  ECB President Mario Draghi’s plan to buy bonds will be unlimited but will also be focused on government bonds with short maturity, and also will be sterilized to avoid any charges that the central bank is printing money.

• ECB Rescue Plan Still Short on Details

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 4, 2012

  ECB President Mario Draghi is set to unveil his bond purchase plan on Thursday.

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  Bundesbank Head Said to Have Threatened Resignation Over Bonds

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 31, 2012

  Jens Weidmann, president of Germany’s Bundesbank, reportedly threatened to resign over the issue of bond purchases by the ECB, according to a German tabloid.

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  Draghi Pushes Germany on ECB

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 30, 2012

  The ECB head wants to buy bonds, and he doesn’t want to wait—and says it’s not necessary—to wait for closer political unity among European nations to do so.

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  Merkel Battles Headwinds at Home Over Greece

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 27, 2012

  Chancellor Merkel of Germany took to the airwaves over the weekend to try to quell ever-louder exitmongering talks among her political colleagues at home as they declared that Greece should depart the eurozone.

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  ECB Battle: Draghi vs. Weidmann

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 3, 2012

  ECB President Mario Draghi is challenging Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann’s opposition to a plan for the ECB to reenter the bond markets.

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  Draghi Tested on Euro Crisis

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  August 2, 2012

  Should ECB President Mario Draghi fail to come up with an effective tactic to quell market fears over the eurozone crisis, it could make the situation worse than ever.

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  Eurozone Unemployment Sets Record

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 31, 2012

  Unemployment throughout the eurozone hit a record, statistics revealed, with the numbers for many individual nations following suit.

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  Draghi’s Dilemma: ‘Whatever it takes’ Could Alienate Fellow ECB Members

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 27, 2012

  Mario Draghi, president of the ECB, may have painted himself into a corner with his London speech on Thursday promising to do “whatever it takes” to rescue the euro.