Word: frankfurters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jews remain in Germany today. Their number is minuscule, their presence barely visible -- certainly nothing like the vibrant and bustling pre-Hitler communities centered in Berlin, Frankfurt and other cities that accounted for nearly 1% of the population before 1933. Those who have chosen to live in Germany explain their presence in several ways: a continuing sense of a shared culture, a mission to prod German conscience and memory, and business opportunities...
Even more influential than London's mounting rates, however, are West Germany's. Some economists blame the Bundesbank's late-December increase in its key interest rate, rather than the Bank of Japan's boost, for triggering January's wave of increases. The Frankfurt central bank is concerned about inflation because of West Germany's supercharged economy. In spite of the Bundesbank's credit tightening, the Frankfurt stock exchange is up 1% so far this year. The main reason: investors feel confident that West German companies will realize tremendous gains in the opening of East European markets...