Angela Merkel
a.k.a. Merkel
Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and a central figure in Europe's response to the eurozone debt crisis.
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Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and a central figure in Europe's response to the eurozone debt crisis.
Angela Merkel led Germany, Europe's biggest economy, for sixteen years. During the eurozone debt crisis her government's stance on bailouts and austerity for struggling members often moved the euro as much as any data release.
For forex traders she is a reminder that politics is fundamental analysis too: when one leader can tilt the survival odds of a currency union, the currency hangs on every word.
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