1.   The centrality of the German economy to the welfare of Europe must be recognised.

2.   ...the magnetic effect of the prosperous German economy on would-be immigrants.

3.   There is too little certainty about the present state of the German economy.

4.   German domestic consumption buoyed the German economy.

5.   The German economy as a whole experienced strains associated with unification.

6.   Many employees were engineers who built scientific equipment that they were unable to buy from the West and who became superfluous when the two German economies were combined.

7.   Company finance is the province of the banks, generating the close and patient relationships that power the German economy.

8.   The Bundesbank can be -- and has been -- criticised for not going far enough to stimulate the German economy.

9.   Analysts say the U.S. economy is more to blame than the German economy for higher-than-expected German bond yields at the end of the first quarter.

10.   Analysts said the weakening German economy, reflecting the impact of the strong deutsche mark on exporters and higher taxes on consumer spending, should help slow inflation down.