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Article: GERMANY'S MEDIOCRE PERFORMANCE.
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- Market Europe
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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There has been much speculation about what could possibly be influencing the mediocre performance of Germany's economy going well back into the 90s. The Bank of England (BoE) obviously has a vested interest in understanding this phenomenon because of the importance of Germany as a trading partner, and therefore as having an effect on its own economy.
Recently, the BoE published a short but incisive critique of Germany's economy particularly in the area of household spending. The BoE said there were three things holding Germany back: Labor, construction and the corporate sector.
The direct connection between employment and household spending need not be ...