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BUSINESS & INNOVATION
was later to become Federal Chancellor, the
They supplement the corporations listed pri-
concept has kept Germany’s economic devel-
marily on the DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock
opment on a successful track. Germany ac-
Exchange, the most important financial centre
tively engages in shaping globalisation and
in Continental Europe. The European Central
champions a sustainable global economic
Bank, which as an EU institution among other
system, which offers fair opportunities t o
things guards the euro’s price stability, is also
everyone.
headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.
Germany is one of the 12 countries which introduced the euro in 2002. The financial market crisis (2008) and the subsequent debt crisis
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Federal Government employed a twin-track
Federal Ministry for Economic
Affairs and Energy
Economic policy, priority issues,
initiatives
strategy, which involved not taking on any
→ bmwi.de
affected the whole of the Eurozone, Germany
included. To combat adverse impacts, the
new debt and adopting measures to bolster
in 2014 and 2015 the government was able to
Make it in Germany
Info portal for international skilled
workers
present a balanced federal budget.
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Accounting for more than 99 percent of all
Employment Agency
Labour market data and job vacancies
innovativeness. For the first time since 1969,
companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the economy.
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Financial centre with a long-standing tradition: Frankfurt am Main is Germany’s most important stock exchange