The unemployment rate in Germany remained stable at 5.5% in January

BERLIN, 31 january (Reuters) – Unemployment rate in Germany january remained stable on Tuesday Labor He showed the figures of his office.

Federal Labor The bureau said the number of unemployed people fell by 15,000 in seasonally adjusted terms. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the number to rise by 5,000.

The number of unemployed people in Germany fell to 2.5 million seasonally adjusted at the beginning of the year.

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged from the previous month at 5.5%.

Federal Labor “The labor market remained stable at the beginning of the year,” said Andrea Nahles, chairman of the bureau. However, he added that the effects of geopolitical and economic uncertainties are still evident.

The number of unemployed in Germany in seasonally adjusted terms january increased to 2.6 million people per month. There were 162,000 more unemployed in January than in December and 154,000 more than a year ago, according to the jobs report.

Reporting by Rachel More; Written by Maria Martinez, edited by Matthias Williams

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2023-01-31 13:49:55
Source – reuters

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