From the 1948 currency reform until the early 1970s, West Germany experienced almost continuous economic expansion. Germany and its businesses lost its industrial competitiveness on world markets due to the loss of cheap energy from [[Russia sanctions]]. Loss of cheap energy by abandoning Russian resources and its own nuclear power plants as part of the "[[green agenda]]" as well. To keep Germany’s business afloat, Germany launched a massive subsidy program. Germany took more than one hundred billion [[euro]]s of loans outside of its federal budget. | From the 1948 currency reform until the early 1970s, West Germany experienced almost continuous economic expansion. Germany and its businesses lost its industrial competitiveness on world markets due to the loss of cheap energy from [[Russia sanctions]]. Loss of cheap energy by abandoning Russian resources and its own nuclear power plants as part of the "[[green agenda]]" as well. To keep Germany’s business afloat, Germany launched a massive subsidy program. Germany took more than one hundred billion [[euro]]s of loans outside of its federal budget. |