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Fighting the recession |
A man works at a furnace during tapping at the Arcelor steelwork EKO in the east German city of Eisenhuettenstadt . Germany’s economy contracted 5 percent in 2009 amid the global economic downturn, by far its worst performance since World War II, official data showed Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010. The figure published by the German Federal Statistical Office was in line with government predictions but slightly worse than the 4.8 percent contraction widely predicted by analysts. (AP) |
