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Can Germany's ailing economy get back on track?

March 13, 2025

19 minutes

Available for over a year

Dr Joachim Nagel isn't just Germany's chief central banker, he's one of the most powerful economic policy-makers in Europe.

In this exclusive interview, he tells Business Daily how he thinks Germany, and the European Union as a whole, should be responding to a time of unprecedented economic peril.

It's a shaky time for the world's third-largest economy, which has been experiencing stagnant growth for five years. As a trade war between Europe and the US escalates, what does the future look like for Germany?

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Presenter: Ed Butler

Analysis: Faisal Islam, BBC economics editor

Producers: Olie D'Albertanson and Elisabeth Mahy

(Image: Joachim Nagel, president of Deutsche Bundesbank in Jan 2024. Credit: Getty Images)