1.   At the same time, wage growth has slowed and the unemployment rate has hit a postwar record high.

2.   A report in the German newspaper Bild, said on Sunday that Germany will announce Thursday that the number of unemployed rose to a new postwar record last month.

3.   A report on September joblessness, due out on Tuesday, is expected to show unemployment rising for the fifth straight month to a new postwar record.

4.   German unemployment set new postwar records in January and again in February.

5.   German bonds rose, driving yields to new lows, after a report showing joblessness climbed more than expected in December to a postwar record.

6.   German joblessness rose to a postwar record in the first two months of the year.

7.   The dollar drew little support against the mark from a report that German unemployment jumped to a postwar record in January.

8.   The figure is a postwar record for August, reflecting persistent levels of joblessness that have not been seen in Germany in the postwar era.

9.   The number of German jobless rate has leapt from one postwar record high to another since January, with unusually cold winter weather hobbling an already ailing construction industry.

10.   Unemployment this year has hit postwar records.