Draghi Faces German Hard Line on Avoiding Deflation

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The deutsche mark is dead. Long live the deutsche mark.

That’s the view from Germany’s central bank, which is resisting a weaker euro, introduced in 1999, and opposing the most aggressive strategies Mario Draghi could deploy to ignite growth in Europe, says Simon Derrick, chief market strategist at Bank of New York Mellon Corp.