Greece jobless rate rises to 24.8%

Published: 13 Dec 2012 at 22.36
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Greece's unemployment rate rose to 24.8 percent in the third quarter from 23.6 percent in the previous three month period, the ASE national statistics agency said Thursday.

Over three-fifths, or 62.6 percent of the jobless were long-term unemployed, having been out of work for more than a year.

In the third quarter of last year the unemployment rate was 17.7 percent.

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g.manont
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Discussion 3 : 14 Dec 2012 at 07.063
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Scary !

Would somebody care to show the following figures for Thailand ;

1. Unemployment rate ?
2. Credit card users ; number and total debt ?
3. Financial constitutions debt ( Banks + Borrowing houses ) ?

So we all can prepared for the worst !

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Discussion 2 : 14 Dec 2012 at 04.562
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This is it, "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have." (Thomas Jefferson)

Is Thailand next?
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Discussion 1 : 13 Dec 2012 at 23.141
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24.8%? That's nothing. Just wait until ASEAN kicks off and hundreds of manufacturers leave Thailand for cheaper labor in every single neighboring country. The business owners are of course, thrilled. But for the millions of Thai laborers involved in unskilled and semi-skilled manufacturing, well... they'll be looking for a job. And when the unemployment rate skyrockets we'll surely hear 2 hilarious (and very predictable) things from this government: First, we'll hear about internal demand and the need for credit. (Because it worked so well for Greece) And 2nd, we'll hear about Thailand's transition to "knowledge workers". Ha!
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