Posted on 02/02/2005 11:07:37 AM PST by JeffersonRepublic.com
Germany's unemployment figure rose above the psychologically important level of five million last month.
On Wednesday, the German Federal Labour Agency said the jobless total had reached 5.037 million in January, which takes the jobless rate to 12.1%.
"Yes, we have effectively more than five million people unemployed," a government minister said earlier on ZDF public television.
Unemployment has not been this high in Germany since the 1930s.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
That's only the average. It's in the 20s in some places, especially in the East.
Unemployment rate for France 9.7% (2003 est.)
Source www.cia.gov
I see we have another avid user of the CIA World Fact Book.
Bump.
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