21.   The jobless figures triggered renewed inflation concern, sending up U.S. government bond yields.

22.   The German government will also publish its May jobless figures today.

23.   While jobless figures soar, inflation remains subdued.

24.   A reported drop in German jobless figures for March represents only a temporary improvement, a labor leader said Monday.

25.   Although the Japanese jobless figures are lower compared to double-digit rates in the United States and Europe, they would be higher if calculated by U.S. or European standards.

26.   Buying enthusiasm was also dampened by jobless figures that showed that unemployment is still an issue.

27.   But the currency was moving narrowly as players remained on the sidelines ahead of a release Friday of U.S. jobless figures for November, traders said.

28.   Counting early retirement, government make-work and job-retraining programs, the jobless figure rises to about a quarter of the east German work force.

29.   Despite growing exports, jobless figures have soared to an all-time high.

30.   Economics Minister Guenter Rexrodt said he was convinced that the jobless figures would do better than the advisers predicted.