Refugees, shoppers rev up German growth motor

A massive influx of refugees, and accompanying billions in public spending, have provided Germany with a long-awaited answer to partners' calls for it to do more to jumpstart the eurozone economy. Data released this week showed solid growth for Europe's top economy in the third quarter, lifted by strong consumer spending and state expenditure for asylum seekers. "The German economy has finally become what many international critics had been demanding for a long while: a domestically-driven econo