Germany Asks If Its Economic Boom Needs a Policy Rethink

Bundesbank/IMF conference to discuss German surpluses, wages
Christine Lagarde and ECB’s Benoit Coeure are among speakers

Robotic arms operate on the chassis of Porsche Macan sport-utility vehicles (SUV) inside the new Porsche AG factory in Leipzig, Germany, on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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By Carolynn Look

January 17, 2018 at 1:05 PM UTC

Updated on

January 17, 2018 at 5:15 PM UTC

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Germany is about to throw its economic boom open to debate.

Acknowledging a “particularly intense” discussion in recent years on matters such as the country’s twin surpluses, the Bundesbank will host a clutch of policy makers and economists in Frankfurt on Thursday, including International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde.