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	  <description><![CDATA[Surveys on various aspects of purchasing power in Europe and particularly in Germany]]></description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[When will the crisis hit German consumers?]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[February 3, 2010 – Today’s press conference of the GfK Group, which was held in Nuremberg, focused on the development of private consumption in 2009 and the outlook for 2010. As forecast by GfK, private consumption has increased by 0.4% over the past year, and this in turn has boosted economic development. In 2010, GfK is expecting to see stagnation in private household expenditure.]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2010-02-03T13:00:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Germany: Slight decline in purchasing power expected in 2010 ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[December 14, 2009 – According to the findings of the latest GfK purchasing power survey for Germany, disposable income will fall by EUR 42 per capita in 2010. The effects of the economic crisis will reach private consumers. ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2009-12-14T10:00:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[German retail sales to remain stable in 2009]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[February 10, 2009 – Despite the financial crisis and the threat of recession in Germany, retail will see stable sales this year.]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2009-02-10T09:00:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Germany: Growth in purchasing power will stagnate in 2009 ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[December 16, 2008 – According to the results of the latest GfK purchasing power survey, the rise in prosperity in 2009 will more or less keep pace with inflation. As a result, growth in real purchasing power will stagnate. The study by GfK GeoMarketing also shows that there are significant differences in average levels of purchasing power between the various regions in Germany.
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		  <dc:date>2008-12-16T08:30:00Z</dc:date>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Purchasing power: Europe remains divided ]]></title>
	  <description><![CDATA[November 13, 2008 – Europeans have an average of EUR 12,500 per head to spend on consumer goods in 2008. ]]></description>
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		  <dc:date>2008-11-13T11:00:00Z</dc:date>
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