ECB's Nagel confident in Germany's top credit status

BERLIN, March 10 (Reuters) - ECB policymaker Joachim Nagel is confident that Germany will maintain its top reputation on the financial market, he said on Monday, as the likely future government of Europe's top economy pushes for a massive ramp-up in public spending.

"I am sure that Germany will not lose its status," the Bundesbank president said following a lecture at Berlin's Humboldt University on how to grow Germany's stalled economy.

Regarding monetary policy, he declined to speculate on the European Central Bank's next move and said it was important to analyse the data sitting by sitting, adding that trade policy would be taken into account.