French and Germans maintain spending

French and German consumers are keeping up their spending even in the face of the severest recession to hit the Continent in half a century, data and surveys from the two countries showed in May 2009.

GFK: Press Release, 26.5.09: German consumer climate remains stable in the crisis http://www.gfk.com/group/press_information/press_releases/004091/index.en.html

Website: France: National Institute for Statistics and economic Studies (INSEE) http://www.insee.fr/en/

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