01544cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002186 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451810431 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Germany : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002. 1 online resource (131 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper examines Germany's growth record in 1992-2001 and analyzes how future performance might be enhanced. The paper focuses on the longer-term strains on the public finances. It reviews Germany's external competitiveness, which deteriorated substantially in the wake of unification, and concludes that, by the beginning of the current decade, competitiveness had been largely restored. The paper also examines the recent slowdown in credit, which has gone beyond what might be expected on cyclical grounds. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2002/240 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2002/240/002.2002.issue-240-en.xml IMF e-Library