Economics

Don’t Let Merkel Win Tussle for ECB Job, German Economist Says

Jens Weidmann and Angela Merkel. 

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Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann shouldn’t succeed European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, and no other German ought to get the job either, according to Center for European Reform Chief Economist Christian Odendahl.