Unpacking Germany’s Historic U-Turn on Spending — ft. Carsten Brzeski

Prof G Markets

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Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.6 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Scott and Ed open the show by discussing Apple’s $1 billion annual loss on AppleTV+, Silver Lake’s move to take Endeavor private, and Nike’s latest earnings report. Then Carsten Brzeski, Global Head of Macro Research and Chief Eurozone Economist for ING, joins the show to break down Germany’s political and economic landscape. He unpacks the growing fragmentation among political parties and explains the country’s longstanding reluctance to take on debt. Carsten also breaks down the recent surge in capital allocations to the Eurozone and weighs in on whether this could mark the beginning of a sustained multi-year rally. Subscribe to the Prof G Markets newsletter Order "The Algebra of Wealth," out now Subscribe to No Mercy / No Malice Follow the podcast across socials @profgpod: Instagram Threads X Reddit Follow Scott on Instagram Follow Ed on Instagram and X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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