Confident German firms still see risks in 2011

Germany's upbeat companies see the eurozone debt crisis and uncertainty over economic growth in the United States as the main risks for 2011, a Reuters poll of four major business groups showed on Dec 28. Buoyed by growing domestic demand that is helping the economy power ahead of weaker eurozone peers, however, the concerns contrast sharply with record confidence as business morale rose to its strongest level since 1991 in December.