Christian Odendahl
@codendahl
European economics editor @TheEconomist. London via Berlin, Stockholm and Cologne. Have no plans to write a book.
The Eichenprozessionsspinner has reached London. Doubt Londoners know what that means yet. And how much it will cost to contain that climate-change-supported invasion of a nasty moth.
On Germany's economic situation, most Germans expect it to get worse. Hardly anyone thinks it will get better.
Wondering where the bottom for #Merz is. Net approval of -70% has to be the maximum, surely. Then again, it is only 2026. (His term ends in 2029.)
Excess deaths in the June heat wave in Germany: about 7.000 in one week. www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Ge...
They were actually serious with this picture, weren’t they? It said: England, we are coming for you.
Britain was very good in phasing out coal. It's now leading on offshore wind (which may be costly but good for the world if UK brings down costs further). Electrifying heating/cooling: I see huge potential for this today. I mean HUGE.
Very much looking forward to reading this one here. Arrived in the mail today.
“Of almost 100 notable AI models released in the past year, according to Epoch AI, a research firm, only one was from the European Union.” How Europe is fighting for digital sovereignty - my latest for The Economist economist.com/europe/2026/...
Price shocks are passed on to consumers when positive, but hardly passed on when negative. Source: Goldman Sachs
Over at @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is a three-part series on the EU. Highly recommended. www.podmasters.co.uk/origin-story
I found white gold in Britain without having to ask my bank for a loan. Never felt this at home. #Spargelzeit
I love the Finnish framing of that same question. Make it less personal, but add "even if the outcome seemed uncertain".
WSJ reminding its readers that it could all be a lot worse. They could be living in Europe.
Is #petrol expensive? Not really. In real terms, it is cheaper in some places that the longer-term average. Diesel is different.
That's a bit selective. They list a whole bunch of factors that influence the result on growth. Import leakages affect mostly short-term demand stimulus and CA balance.
The women thought that as the only man on a panel I should sit in the middle. It followed Lars Klingbeil’s agenda-setting (in the German Agenda sense) reform speech @bertelsmannst.bsky.social.