German consumers less confident
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German consumer confidence has fallen, hit by concerns over the global credit crisis and higher food prices.
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Investor confidence in Germany, Europe s biggest economy, dropped for the first month in three in August amid concern about record oil prices and slowing growth in the U.S. and Japan.
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German consumers are increasingly optimistic, despite a steep rise in sales tax at the start of the year, a poll of consumer attitudes in the biggest eurozone economy showed on Friday.
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Strong Christmas sales helped increase finance professionals' confidence in the sluggish German economy, a monthly survey showed Tuesday.
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Despite the growing economy, consumer confidence has begun to taper off because of the weak labor market, according to a study released Tuesday by The Conference Board.
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Business confidence in Germany, Europe&#39;s largest economy, has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year, over concerns at a strengthening euro.
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Retail sales in Germany fell slightly in October, again confounding analysts' expectations on the assumption that consumers would make big-ticket purchases before a rise in sales tax (VAT) next year.
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Consumer confidence was knocked off a 2 1/2 year high in March as a recent swoon in worldwide stock markets made people feel less secure about the economy's prospects and their own financial fortunes.
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German investor confidence hits a 15-year low, bruised by a weak global economic outlook and a strong euro.
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German retail sales took an unexpected tumble in November, denting hopes for a noticeable pick-up in consumer spending in the eurozone's biggest economy, where chronically weak domestic demand remains the main stumbling block to recovery, any time soon.
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Business confidence in Germany, Europe&#39;s largest economy, fell to its lowest level in more than a year in November as the euro&#39;s climb to a record high against the dollar threatened exports and unemployment at a five-year high crimped consumer spending
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Investor confidence in Germany, Europe s biggest economy, probably fell for the first month in three in August amid concern about a global slowdown and surging oil prices, a survey of economists showed.
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Business confidence in Germany slipped again in February, receding further from a 16-year high point in December, as companies become less optimistic about their situation and the outlook for the next six months, a survey showed on Friday.
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German business confidence fell to its lowest in over a year in November as the euro&#39;s surge to new highs and strong oil prices clouded the outlook for exports.
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Germans enter the New Year with half of them worrying about economic prospects, a survey reported on Thursday.
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LONDON  - A global survey of consumer confidence released Wednesday suggests European consumers are generally pessimistic about the economic outlook for the next 12 months, people in the Asia-Pacific are optimistic and Americans lie somewhere in between.
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US consumer confidence hasdropped to its lowest levels since the middle of the northern summer amid worries about high energy prices, uncertainty about the labor market and anxiety