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• ZEW’s Fuest Sees Japan-Style Stagnation as ECB Tools Exhausted

  Europe faces Japan-style stagnation as governments delay reforms and the European Central Bank comes close to exhausting its options, said Clemens Fuest, president of the ZEW Center for European Economic Research.

• Franz Says Wage Increases Must Be Moderate, Osnabruecker Says

  Wolfgang Franz , head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel ’s council of economic advisers, said in the absence of inflation dangers, wage increases should remain moderate to encourage job creation, Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung reported, citing an interview.

• Greek June Vote Is About Euro Membership, Franz Tells Rheinische

  Greece’s June election is a vote on the country’s euro membership, Wolfgang Franz, head of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s council of economic advisers, told the Rheinische Post.

• Greek Haircut Is ‘Unavoidable’, Merkel Adviser Franz Tells Focus

  Wolfgang Franz, head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s council of economic advisers, said it’s “unavoidable” that investors in Greek debt will have to forfeit some repayments and interest, Focus magazine reported, citing an interview.

• Franz Sees Influx of 100,000 Eastern Europe Workers, WiWo Says

  Wolfgang Franz , head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel ’s council of economic advisers, estimates that 100,000 workers from eastern Europe will come to Germany after the country’s job market opens up in May, WirtschaftsWoche reported, citing an interview with Franz.

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  Euro Ministers Seek New Crisis Momentum as Unrest Returns

  European finance chiefs will seek to win back crisis-management momentum to navigate through emerging political pitfalls after markets signaled last week that the three-year crisis is far from over.

• Germany’s Franz Urges No Tax Cuts, Low Wage Demands, WiWo Says

  Wolfgang Franz, head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s council of economic advisers, said the government shouldn’t cut taxes and urged labor unions to keep wage increases moderate, WirtschaftsWoche reported, citing an interview.

• Germany’s Franz Attacks Idea of Minimum Wage, Die Welt Reports

  Wolfgang Franz, who heads German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s council of economic advisers, rejected a minimum wage of any kind and said the topic is becoming a “political football,” Die Welt reported, citing an interview with Franz.

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  Lone German Keynesian Advocates Pooling Euro Debt

  In his office at the six-century-old University of Wuerzburg, Peter Bofinger contemplates the fate of his country under the weight of the European sovereign-debt crisis.

• Harbinger Capital, Day Traders, MF Global, Cement, T-Mobile: Compliance

  Billionaire Philip Falcone’s hedge fund, Harbinger Capital Partners LLC, was told it may be sued by federal regulators for securities-law violations and said it plans to halt investor withdrawals at year-end.

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• "We do not know yet how we're going to get out of the crisis."

  - Wolfgang Franz on Feb 10, 2013

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