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Global meltdown hit Germany in a major way as bulk of export dropped over last few months. The way Europe's largest economy responded to the global economic crisis, has made the continent a frightened lot.
The global economic crisis has started having the impact on western European countries in a direct way. One of its' prominent instances, Germany, the strongest economy of the region was left in a bruised condition. While delving deep into the matter, the experts have pointed out that the export sector of the country has been hit fairly badly over the span of last few months.
The export, it must be remembered, remains one of the prominent sections of Germany that offers her huge revenues every year.
As the reports suggest, the German exports posted a record fall in the month of November, last year. The fall had reportedly been resulted out of the non-requirement for cars and other mainstays of the manufacturing industry. As a result the economy plummeted to an unthinkably low level while raising the fears of already dim looking economic calendar of 2009. The reports further added that the exports fell by an unprecedented 10.6 % on month-on-month basis in November.
The fall has been recorded as the biggest monthly drop since the reunification of Germany in 1990. The fall has reportedly sent the Euro in a lower position against the Dollar as well as the Pound, for a brief period though.
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