bobble economy

Is Germany sinking? ASK employees at the Bavarian Motor Works in Munich about manufacturing costs, and they become defensive and defiant, though still polite. Siegmund Engel, 35, who puts together 3-series BMWs, is typical: " People say that costs are too high. It's truethat other countries are cheaper. That is bad news for us. But I think our costs here are..." (he pauses) "... appropriate." Siegmund says he cannot imagine getting less than the basic pounds 500 a week …

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