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German Unemployment Rose for Eighth Month in November: Economy
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German unemployment climbed for an eighth straight month in November as Europe’s debt crisis curbed company investment and economic growth.
The number of people without a job increased a seasonally adjusted 5,000 to 2.94 million, the Federal Labor Agency in Nuremberg said today. Economists forecast a gain of 16,000, the median of 37 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey shows. The adjusted jobless rate held at 6.9 percent. Separately, a gauge of economic confidence in the euro area unexpectedly rose.