FRANKFURT—A longtime Bundesbank official with a record as an inflation hawk has been appointed as Germany’s new central-bank governor, just as the European Central Bank moves away from its ultra-easy-money policies amid a surge in eurozone inflation.
Joachim Nagel will replace Jens Weidmann, the hawkish German central-bank chief who made his name by attacking easy-money policies under former ECB President Mario Draghi. His tenure will start on Jan. 1. Mr. Weidmann announced his departure from
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