<p><div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><img src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/51d1a7daecad045e5f000005-1200-924/protests-in-greece.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="Protests in Greece" width="480" /><p class="source">Milos Bicanski/Getty Images</p></div></div>The improving U.S. labor market story is certainly a local one.</p>
<p>Across the pond in <keyword id="6357856" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="greece">Greece</keyword>, the <keyword id="6358907" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="unemployment">unemployment</keyword> rate <a href="http://twitter.com/MarkitEconomics/statuses/355250302103977984">ticked up to a horrific 26.9% in April</a> from 26.8% in March.</p>
<p>This is up from 23.1% in April of last year.</p>

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Meanwhile, Greece's Unemployment Nightmare Is Only Getting Worse

Milos Bicanski/Getty ImagesThe improving U.S. labor market story is certainly a local one. Across the pond in Greece, the unemployment rate ticked up to a horrific 26.9% in April from 26.8% in March. This is up from 23.1% in April of last year.

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Meanwhile, Greece's Unemployment Nightmare Is Only Getting Worse

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