11.   Employment is at a record postwar high and bankruptcies are increasing.

12.   The figures for October also showed a postwar record high for company failures blamed on the economy.

13.   The latest data pushed the jobless total back toward postwar records early this year, a new blow for the government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

14.   Unemployment hit postwar records earlier this year because of harsh winter conditions that kept thousands of construction workers away from their jobs.