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Automobile manufacturing is a major sector, but the financial crisis caused credit to be harder to obtain; many families postponed purchases. Auto exports fell 10% in October 2008 from October 2007; domestic sales dropped 8%.  In contrast 2007 was a record year with production of 12.1 million vehicles and employment of  756,000 workers; an eighth of those jobs were created in the last five years alone.
 
Automobile manufacturing is a major sector, but the financial crisis caused credit to be harder to obtain; many families postponed purchases. Auto exports fell 10% in October 2008 from October 2007; domestic sales dropped 8%.  In contrast 2007 was a record year with production of 12.1 million vehicles and employment of  756,000 workers; an eighth of those jobs were created in the last five years alone.
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==Coronavirus response==
 
==Coronavirus response==
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According to a meta-study by medical scientist and statistician John Ioannidis, one of the most cited scientists in the world, published in October in a [[WHO]] bulletin, the median lethality rate is 0.27%, corrected to 0.23%, which is no higher than in moderate [[influenza]] [[epidemic]]s."<ref>http://enformtk.u-aizu.ac.jp/howard/weimar_ruling/</ref>}}
 
According to a meta-study by medical scientist and statistician John Ioannidis, one of the most cited scientists in the world, published in October in a [[WHO]] bulletin, the median lethality rate is 0.27%, corrected to 0.23%, which is no higher than in moderate [[influenza]] [[epidemic]]s."<ref>http://enformtk.u-aizu.ac.jp/howard/weimar_ruling/</ref>}}
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==Further reading==
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* Schafers, Bernha, ''The State of Germany Atlas'' (1998) [https://www.amazon.com/State-Germany-Atlas-Bernha-Schafers/dp/0415188261/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324991&sr=1-27 excerpt and text search]
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* Schulte-Peevers, Andrea, et al. ''Lonely Planet Germany'' (2007) [https://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Germany-Andrea-Schulte-Peevers/dp/1740599888/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324694&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
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===Economics and society===
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*  Siebert, Horst. ''The German Economy: Beyond the Social Market'' (2005) [https://www.amazon.com/German-Economy-Beyond-Social-Market/dp/0691096643/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201328508&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
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* Zimmermann, Klaus F. et al. ''Immigration Policy and the Labor Market: The German Experience and Lessons for Europe'' (2007) [https://www.amazon.com/Immigration-Policy-Labor-Market-Experience/dp/354068381X/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201328716&sr=8-9 excerpt and text search]
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====Politics====
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* Green, Simon, and William E. Paterson. ''Governance in Contemporary Germany: The Semisovereign State Revisited'' (2005) [https://www.amazon.com/Governance-Contemporary-Germany-Semisovereign-Revisited/dp/0521848814/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324991&sr=1-25 excerpt and text search]
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* Hancock, M. Donald, ''Politics in Europe: An Introduction to the Politics of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden'' (2006) [https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Europe-Introduction-Kingdom-Germany/dp/1933116455/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201324694&sr=1-11 excerpt and text search]
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* Schmidt, Manfred G. ''Political Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany''  (2003)  ISBN 0198782594
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==References==
 
==References==
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