- Title: GERMANY: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT
- Date: 3rd May 1996
- Summary: NUREMBURG AND FRANKFURT, GERMANY (MAY 3 AND 6 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) NUREMBURG, GERMANY (MAY 6) 1. SLV FEDERAL LABOUR OFFICE PRESIDENT BERNHARD JAGODA ANNOUNCING UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES AT PRESS CONFERENCE (GERMAN) (3 SHOTS) 1.17 FRANKFURT, GERMANY (MAY 3) 2. CU ZOOM SIGN READING ARBEITSAMT (EMPLOYMENT OFFICE), EXTERIOR EMPLOYMENT OFFICE 1.28 3. QUEUE OUTSIDE ROOM 1301 IN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE (2 SHOTS) 1.37 4. PEOPLE SITTING AT COMPUTERS IN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE 1.56 5. SCU UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN SAYING, 'USUALLY THERE IS AN IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING. THERE IS MORE WORK, MUCH OF IT JUST SEASONAL WORK IN THE COMMERCIAL AND BUILDING SECTORS AS WELL AS IN AGRICULTURE.' (GERMAN) 2.20 6. GV CONSTRUTION SITE, MEN AT WORK (4 SHOTS) 2,46 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: NUREMBURG AND FRANKFURT, GERMANY
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- Country: Germany
- Reuters ID: LVADI9VDFJSIZYZRH02K71IS41LB
- Story Text: - INTRO: The German government announces a drop in unemployment in line with expectations, as the number of unemployed in west Germany falls by 17,000 and the number of jobless in east Germany falls by 44,000.
------------------------------------------------------- The German government announced a drop in unemployment figures on Monday (May 6) for the first time in months.
German seasonally adjusted unemployment fell 62,000 in April to 3.934 million, the first decline in nine months, the Federal Labour Office said on Monday.
On an unadjusted basis, unemployment fell to 3.967 million from 4.141 million and the unemployment rate declined to 10.4 per cent from 10.8 per cent.
The number of unemployed in west Germany declined by 17,000 on an adjusted basis and the number of jobless in east Germany fell 44,000.
The number of vacancies in all Germany, however, climbed to 373,548 from 369,124.
Unemployment has surged in recent months due to slow economic growth and cold winter weather which has hurt jobs especially in the construction sector.
Federal Labour Office President Bernhard Jagoda told a news conference on Monday that unemployment in April fell for seasonal reasons, but the drop only corrected weather related changes of previous months.
"We can see unemployment rose among employees of companies not affected by weather," he said.
Analysts told Reuters Financial Television the figures were in line with expectations and the drop in unemployment probably was not the start of a new trend.
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