The debt brake limits how much debt the government can take on, and dictates that the size of the federal government's structural budget deficit must not exceed 0.35% of the country's annual gross ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expects his government to take decisions on a possible reform of Germany's strict debt rules ...

The debt brake limited new borrowing to 0.35% of gross domestic product - a tight limit when compared to European Union budget rules requiring less than 3%, and the 2024 U.S. federal deficit of 6.4%.

The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.

The debt brake has been in place since the financial crisis, and limits the budget deficit to 0.35 per cent of GDP each year. In effect this makes significant public investment impossible, ...

The debt brake - which played a part in breaking the coalition, precipitating the calling of a snap election - limits the public deficit to 0.35% of gross domestic product and can only be changed ...

Merz has always said Germany should stick with the constitutionally enshrined debt brake, which limits public deficits to 0.35% of gross domestic product and was introduced by his party in 2009 ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -The leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday he could be open to reforming the debt brake, which limits the public deficit to 0 ...

Rising bond yields, particularly at the longer end of the curve, have been threatening to undermine risk markets throughout 2025. The start of the second half has renewed worries, with a sell-off in ...

With the debt brake in place, increased defense spending requires cuts in nondefense spending. By stabilizing debt, however, the Swiss can better finance military spending in the long term.

The debt brake limits how much debt the government can take on, and dictates that the size of the federal government's structural budget deficit must not exceed 0.35% of the country's annual gross ...

When the German government collapsed earlier this month, clashes within the former ruling coalition about economic and budget policy were widely cited as a key factor — with the country's debt ...