French unemployment rate hits highest peak since 1997

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The jobless rate in the third quarter of 2015 was 10.6 percent, up 0.2 percent on previous quarter and just shy of the 1997 record of 10.7 percent.

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French unemployment rose to near a record high in the third quarter, the latest sign that President François Hollande is struggling to meet a pledge to create jobs, reports Bloomberg.