German exports dip on the month
BERLIN Official data show that German exports dipped .4 percent on the month in August, compared with the previous month, but were up 26.8 percent over the same month last year.
German exports posted their biggest fall in half a year in October, pushing the trade surplus sharply lower in a sign that Europe's largest economy weakened entering the fourth quarter of 2011 as the debt crisis hammered key euro zone export markets.