正当美、英等西方国家为它们所面临的经济衰退挠头的时候,德国经济却一枝独秀。1990年德国西部经济增长率达4.5％,仅次于日本,居西方世界第二位。国民生产总值为24477亿马克,人均39832马克。德国联邦银行行长甚至夸口说德国已是“带动世界经济增长的火车头”了。此话虽有些过分,但也从一个侧面反映了德国的经济形势。有评论说, At a time when the United States, Britain and other western countries are scratching their heads in the face of the recession they face, the German economy is thriving. In 1990, the economic growth rate in western Germany reached 4.5%, second only to Japan and second place in the western world. Gross national product was 2447.7 billion marks, averaging 39832 marks per capita. The president of the Bundesbank even boasted that Germany was already “the locomotive driving the world economic growth.” Although this remark is somewhat excessive, it also reflects the economic situation in Germany from one aspect. Some commented that