The truth about the german economy

I love Bild am Sonntag. This week they got into the spirit of spreading positive news by pointing out that quite a few of the top 50 companies in germany are hiring:

Die Job-Wahrheit

Dreiundfünfzig von siebzig grossen deutschen Unternehmen wollen keine Mitarbeiter entlassen und (fast) alle zahlen auch in diesem Jahr Urlaubs- und Weihnachtsgeld

A closer look at the list of people hiting is also interesting. The top companies in terms of their plans are retail. Aldi, REWE, Kaufland, the big discounters in other words. Yes I realise these are most probably short term contracts but, if consumer confidence was really low, retail would be laying off.
The other sectors hiring include healthcare and some banks. Now that is interesting!