Germany Sees Surprising Rise In Unemployment

Revelation 6:5,6 NCV When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse, and its rider held a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard something that sounded like a voice coming from the middle of the four living creatures. The voice said, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay, and three quarts of barley for a day's pay, and do not damage the olive oil and wine!"

Germany saw a surprise rise in unemployment as the total out of work went up over 25,000. Analysts had been expecting a drop of about 5,000 after August’s rise of over 9,000.

The Federal Labor Office attributed the increase to a drop in the number of government job schemes. The total unemployment rate climbed to 6.9%.

Henrich Alt of the Labor Office said they were changing to longer-term policies designed to train the unemployed for new jobs.

The overall unemployment rate for the Eurozone dropped slightly to 12%. Total unemployment was 19.2 million in August and analysts say there is signs of the total of unemployed stabilizing.

Austria has the lowest unemployment rate at 4.9% while Greece is still highest at 27.9%.

Eurostat reported that compared to a year ago 16 members had climbing unemployment, 11 fell and only Poland stayed stable.

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