81.   Still, economists said the German economy remains weak.

82.   Still, many analysts doubt the German economy, buffeted by near-record high unemployment and slow growth, can withstand higher interest rates.

83.   Still, the German economy is weak enough to suggest the central bank eventually will pare rates, traders said.

84.   Strikes in France and a slowing German economy led to lower sales, it said.

85.   Still, the weak mark benefits the German economy by lowering the price of German exports.

86.   The allies were concerned, and the U.S. was concerned, that putting more burden on the German economy would retard their own recovery.

87.   The American banks have been attracted to Frankfurt by debt, a commodity not traditionally associated with the German economy.

88.   The Bundesbank left its full slate of interest rates unchanged, bucking speculation that it would make new cuts to bolster the German economy and the U.S. dollar.

89.   The Bundesbank will keep slashing key money market rates and the discount rate until it sees clear signs that the German economy is picking up, Note said.

90.   The Bundesbank, confident that the German economy is recovering from a yearlong slump, left its full slate of interest rates unchanged.