{"id":19122,"date":"2011-02-06T20:29:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T01:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=19122"},"modified":"2011-02-06T20:29:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T01:29:54","slug":"germany-on-the-rise-euro-may-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2011\/02\/06\/germany-on-the-rise-euro-may-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany On the Rise: Euro May Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By James McKee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the recent problems experienced by its EU counterparts the  nation of Germany has brought about changes in its economy that have  resulted in a sharp decline with regard to unemployment and an overall  sense of prosperity. Possessing an unemployment rate of just over 7  percent compared to the US whose unemployment rate is above 10 percent  certainly shows a difference both in methodology and implementation of  fiscal policy. The country of Germany has time and again shown a vested  interest in lowering interest rates on debt and lowering the debt  itself.<\/p>\n<p>Germany has aided many European nations recently  including the ailing Ireland; however they have done so only after  austerity measures are in place to discourage further economic problems.  The Euro has not yet ascended in response to the news however changes  will soon follow. With such a low unemployment rate Germany is beginning  to seek qualified workers from elsewhere within the EU because there  are so many jobs to go around. Such sentiment is something not present  in the US or many other countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson to be  learned from Germany is that whether its an individual or an entire  nation we cannot run away from our debt and must address the fiscal  problems we encounter immediately without fear or reserve. Those on the  forex currency exchange should take note of the direction Germany takes  in the near future to preserve its economy and the subsequent fallout  for the EU and the Euro. While many see the aid of Germany as  conditional and at times too costly anything less would only serve to  hinder the growth of these nations.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the hardest lessons to  learn are those that do not have an immediate consequence; by forcing  countries such as Ireland to shoulder much of the responsibility that  comes with a failed financial plan they are discouraging more of the  same in the future.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<p>The author&#8217;s love of life is ultimately rooted in his drive to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forex.tradingcharts.com\/\" target=\"_new\">learn forex<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany has aided many European nations recently including the ailing Ireland; however they have done so only after austerity measures are in place to discourage further economic problems. The Euro has not yet ascended in response to the news however&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}