Greece’s Jobless Soar By 42% As Unemployment Rises To Record, Industrial Collapse Accelerates!
- The best solution for Greece is to default, leave the Euro and go back to their Drachma. Thereafter, they can devalue their currency to a more competitive rate and revive the economy! Default and tell the banksters to go get colonoscopies!
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Greece’s Jobless Soar By 42% As Unemployment Rises To Record, Industrial Collapse Accelerates!
by Tyler Durden, http://www.zerohedge.com/
As noted earlier this week, while the theater of Greek elections serves as a convenient distraction from the epic depression the country of 10 million is undergoing, the reality is that very soon it won’t matter at all who is left to govern this ruined country. Because if previously we demonstrated the collapse in two primary drivers of government tax revenue, namely tourism and commerce, today we show the logical follow through to economic flatlining: jobs and industries. Sadly, both are getting trounced.
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As Reuters reports, “Greece’s jobless rate hit a new record in February, underscoring the pain austerity policies required by the EU and IMF have inflicted on the debt-laden country which is struggling to form a government. More than one in five Greeks and one in two youths are out of a job, statistics service ELSTAT data showed on Thursday. The unemployment rate hit 21.7 percent from a revised 21.3 percent in January. In the 15-24 age group, joblessness stood at a record 54 percent.” It also appears that Greece has been getting ideas from the BLS: an 11 million population, and a pool of employed at a record low 3.87 million!
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“Nearly 1.1 million people were without a job, 42 percent more than in the same month last year, the data showed. The number of those in work declined by 8 percent over the same period to a record low 3.87 million.” In other words, less than 4 million people are working to pay off the country’s bailout package and debt which at last check was about 200% of GDP? At least of all indicators, the GDP is collapsing the fastest. Very soon Greece will be treated to a merciful #Div/0 when attempting to calculate its debt to GDP ratio. We can’t wait to see the IMF’s face then.
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