UN study knocks Japan and Germany German shoppers need to buy more imported goods, the report says Japan and Germany need to do more to help stimulate the world economy, a United Nations report has warned. The study said that the US was having to shoulder too much of the burden of sustaining worldwide demand for goods and services. With the Japanese and German economies underperforming, the report warns that any big downturn in the US could have serious global repercussions. It said Japan and Germany needed to lower their trade surpluses. The annual development report, issued by the UN...