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This is the headline to an article on Germany's low unemployment rate, compared to its neighbors:
Германия утруждает себя
First paragraph:
Устойчивость, которую рынок труда Германии демонстрирует в последние годы, поражает повидавших «чудеса» экономистов. Великая рецессия, долговой кризис еврозоны, замедление роста в Китае – немцам, кажется, все нипочем. Безработица опустилась до минимальных уровней за два десятка лет и удерживается на них. В чем секрет этого успеха?

It goes on to talk about how Germany already put people on short work before "the crisis," so they didn't have to lay people off when the crisis hit; they didn't hire too many people during the "boom" years, and they reduced unemployment by forcing people to take jobs below their qualifications in order to receive any social security payments.


It seems like it should mean "Germany is making trouble for itself," but that doesn't make sense in the context, which is that Germany is in better shape than its neighbors.

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