Greek jobless rate hits 25.1% as deepening slump takes toll

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Greek jobless rate hits 25.1% as deepening slump takes toll

By MARCUS BENSASSON BLOOMBERG NEWS

Posted: October 12, 2012 at 1:45 a.m.

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High school students protest Thursday in Athens over cuts that have disrupted school-bus services. Greece’s unemployment rate hit 25.1 percent in July, the government said Thursday.

Greece’s unemployment rate climbed to more than a quarter of the work force in July, extending its record high as the country’s five-year recession deepened.

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