The German government is set to discuss ways of boosting consumer demand - je 05.01.2009 08

Welcome back. As you heard earlier in this Journal, the German government is set to discuss ways of boosting consumer demand. But in the face of a severe economic downturn, and in a politically charged year in which the nation goes to the polls, the country's major political parties are divided as to the best way of doing that. Some want tax cuts, others want massive investment in infrastructure projects. +++SYN-MAZ+++