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German economic crisis hits west as pre-Christmas retail sales dip

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Germany 's economic crisis is hitting industrial centres in the west of the country particularly hard, analysts say.

Economic output shrank in eight of Germany 's western federal states in the third quarter .

But economic output rose in the remaining eight states, including all five of the states that used to make up communist East Germany .

In October , sales fell nominally, by 1.1% and in real terms, compared to September .

Wages rose more sharply than consumer prices in third quarter of this year .

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English

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