German jobless rate at new record

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Series Details 1.3.05
Publication Date 01/03/2005
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More than 5.2 million Germans were out of work in February 2005, statistics show. The figure of 5.216 million people, or 12.6% of the working-age population, is the highest jobless rate in Europe's biggest economy since the 1930s.

Source Link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4307303.stm
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