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Germany's unemployment rate at record low in December (Compare with Hussein's epic failure)
BBC ^ | 01.03.12

Posted on 01/06/2012 4:37:00 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat

German unemployment fell to its lowest rate in December since 1991, according to the German Federal Labour Agency.

The adjusted jobless rate fell to 6.8% from 6.9% in November, the Federal Labour Office said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hussein; jobs; merkel
Merkel doesn't respect Hussein. She knows he is not a pro-liberty occupier of the Oval Office. Her nation's unemployment numbers are better than the USA's, too.

I remember when America had better job numbers than the Europeans. Not under Hussein, though.

1 posted on 01/06/2012 4:37:05 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Meanwhile....

German factory orders declined most in almost three years

I've got a question: What if the Germans are cooking their unemployment numbers....?

2 posted on 01/06/2012 4:47:10 AM PST by mewzilla (Santelli 2012)
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To: Recovering_Democrat; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; calcowgirl; ...
RE :”This was equal to an average jobless rate of 7.1 % - down from 7.7% in 2010
....Germany's manufacturing and export-driven economy finished the year strongly - piling on another 22,000 jobs in December,” said Anthony Cheung of market analysts RANsquawk. “Behind the strong performance lie some adept moves by Germany's exporters. “As their eurozone markets weakened, they have been very good at moving their focus elsewhere. “German carmakers have more than compensated by dramatically growing sales to developing markets.”
By contrast, Spain said on Tuesday the number of people claiming unemployment benefits stood at a 15-year high at the end of 2011

Germany is an export/producing country and they export to China more than they import.

America is a consumption/importing country.

Voters #1 question on election day:
"Which candidate will give me (net benefits minus taxes) the most ?"

3 posted on 01/06/2012 6:25:43 AM PST by sickoflibs (You MUST support the lesser of two RINOs or we all die!)
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