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Eurozone Unemployment Hits Record 11.4%

June, July, and August all at depressing level

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 1, 2012 8:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – Europe had a very cruel summer: Unemployment in the eurozone a record high of 11.4% in June, July, and August, the European Union's statistics office announced today. "An end to the horror is not in sight," says one economist. "Unemployment rates are still increasing and look set to increase further." Particularly worrisome is the fact that even countries like Germany, which had been doing relatively well, are now seeing increased unemployment. Europe's debt crisis has led companies to cut jobs and postpone hiring as a recession looms, Bloomberg reports.

People enter a unemployment office in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012.
People enter a unemployment office in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012.   (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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COMMENTS
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SilenceDogood
Oct 1, 2012 7:09 PM CDT
Coming to the USA soon................... Thank God for Hope and Change........................... It's worked real well so far.
bobinski
Oct 1, 2012 11:33 AM CDT
4 more years of "hope & change" ... we'll be there too, as the 47% will grow and the 53% will fall.
wd56
Oct 1, 2012 11:32 AM CDT
Yes Europe that's what happens when you tax at obscene levels and spend at a even more obscene levels. No real incentive to work. 
 

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