The Stoxx Europe 600 utilities index ended down 0.5%, led lower by Germany's E.
Even now its government debt, at around 70% of GDP, is lower than Germany's.
Thus, obviously, given that housing wealth is a major part of household wealth, it will be lower in Germany than elsewhere.
In their absence, recent pay awards have been lower in Germany than elsewhere, says Peter Bofinger, a member of the government's committee of economic wise men.
Meantime, lower unemployment in Germany and upbeat business confidence in the EU were reported Thursday.
The other big question is what lower taxes in Germany will mean for Germany's neighboring high-tax countries.
Lower unemployment in Germany and upbeat business confidence in the EU were reported.
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But die neue Mitte has had a much lower profile in Germany than the third way has had in Britain.
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Europe's markets finished broadly lower, as Germany's DAX index fell 0.6%.
His previous coaching experience has been at the lower ranks in Germany with second division side SSV Ulm, where he was assistant manager in 2001, and Almenia Aachen.
Germany's youth unemployment rate, at 7.9%, is much lower than in many of Germany's EU partners.
Germany needs lower interest rates and it can't have them because you have to have an average rate of interest set for the whole of Europe.
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He claimed Britain's debt levels were lower than America, Germany, France, Japan and Italy and that the country was not "badly exposed" as a result of an over-reliance on financial services and said he had warned for years about the financial crisis in speeches.
The chances are rising for a European Central Bank rate cut from the 1% overnight rate currently, and those chances increase if the Greek election result suggests that the country is giving up on its agreement with Germany to lower its debt and cut spending.
Many Danes switched instead to lower-cost house brands but not healthier alternatives, and others crossed borders into Germany or other countries with lower food taxes to purchase their favorite products.
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Public spending in Italy is higher than in Germany, if lower than in France (see chart).
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As with past eurozone bailouts, the deal must be approved by the lower house of parliament in Germany, the EU's biggest economy.
Wages and pensions are still much lower than those in western Germany.
Among Germany's lower mountain ranges, the Bavarian Forest has the most reliable snow levels, with plenty of good downhill action on the Grosser Arber mountain.
Agreed, we are also excluding this from the Spanish and Cypriot etc numbers, but pensions benefits in those countries will be very much lower than they are in Germany.
The pope's response to this and other cases is attracting criticism, including from prominent laymen such as Wolfgang Thierse, a former Social Democrat president of Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag.
Because all member states share the same nominal interest rate, slow-growing economies with lower inflation, such as Germany and Italy, have higher real interest rates than fast growers, such as Spain and Greece.
Investors are more focused on the short-term problems in Europe and a slowing economy in the US. European equity markets closed around 3% lower on average, with Germany down 10% in a week.
Pierre Lang, president of the Freyming-Merlebach region, adds a few other temptations for outside investors: not just lower employment costs than in Germany but also energy that is 20% cheaper, and land that is up to ten times cheaper.
But smaller firms that make up the backbone of Germany's famous Mittelstand have also been packing up and moving abroad, especially into lower-cost and more flexible countries to Germany's east.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the agreement, telling the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) that Germany's "core demands" had been secured.
Although they have their own set of problems, the U.S. and Germany still have much lower indebtedness and superior demographic growth profiles.
Because Ken is convinced that U.S. bond yields will be capped by lower bond yields in Japan, Germany and France, he concludes that U.S. stocks still have a good run in front of them.
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