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Article: German Jobless Rate Tops 10 Percent
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Title: German Jobless Rate Tops 10 Percent
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BERLIN (AP) _ The number of unemployed Germans jumped to more than
4 million last month, the government announced Wednesday, stoking
criticism of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's economic record ahead
of September elections.
The jobless rate surged to 10.4 percent from 9.6 percent in December,
with the total number out of work rising 326,000 to 4.29 million,
the Federal Labor Office said.
Though widely expected and partly due to the seasonal lull in construction
and agriculture that has pushed the number of unemployed above 4 million
in seven straight winters, the figures fed an already heated political ...