Germany may ease debt limit rules as pressure to spend more grows
(WorldNews Germany)

BERLIN — Germany’s government is considering suspending strict rules on the amount of debt it can raise, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, as it faces growing pressure to kick-start a sluggish economy by spending more. The country’s debt-brake law limits the federal deficit in any given year to 0.35% of economic output. Weekly paper Die Zeit said Finance Minister Olaf Scholz planned to...