31st May 2016 06:23
BERLIN (Alliance News) - Germany's unemployment rate held steady in April, after falling slightly in the previous month, preliminary figures from Destatis showed Tuesday.
The adjusted jobless rate came in at 4.2% in April, the same rate as in the previous month. In the corresponding month last year, the unemployment rate was 4.7%.
The number of unemployed people decreased to 1.78 million in April from 1.79 million in March. A year ago, the jobless figure totaled 1.98 million.
At the same time, the employment rate rose to 65.6% in April from 65.3% a month earlier.
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