Germany's economic success relative to the rest of the euro zone is well documented – but the threat of further euro zone trouble could bring its triple-A rating into question. Germany is the only major advanced economy which has managed to achieve a lower unemployment rate in the first half of 2012 than in 2007 before the global financial crisis.
Ratings agency Fitch reaffirmed its triple-A status earlier this month, and wrote admiringly of "Germany's longstanding credit strengths and robust economic performance over the past two years."
However, rival Moody's has changed its outlook on Germany to negative as of July, primarily over concerns about the rest of the euro zone.
Germany's exports could benefit from a weaker euro (EUR) if peripheral countries like Greece are able to stay within the single currency, and it has tried to ensure they do. The country is contributing 29 percent of the funds to the European Financial Stability Facility, so some would argue that they have a right to question how that money is being spent.... Continue to read.
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