FRENCH FEBRUARY UNEMPLOYMENT HITS RECORD 2.65 MLN

  French unemployment rose to a record
  seasonally adjusted 2.65 mln in February from 2.61 mln in
  January and 2.57 mln at the end of last year, the Labour
  Ministry said.
      The rise took the percentage of the workforce out of a job
  to 11.0 pct last month from 10.9 pct in January and 10.7 pct at
  the end of 1986.
      In unadjusted terms unemployment fell by around 30,000 last
  month to 2.70 mln.
  

