More on Germany,...

...this time from the Economist:

Germany grew at its fastest pace for two decades in 2010. An expansion rate of 3.6% put it ahead of most other rich economies, including America, whose GDP grew by 2.9% last year.
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Over the past decade Germany had the fastest growth in GDP per person among the G7 club of rich economies; America was in only fifth place.
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It is one of only two countries in the G7 where the unemployment rate ended the decade lower than it began. Its current rate of 6.6% (using the standardised international definition) is the second-lowest, well below America’s 9.4%.