NUREMBERG -- Unemployment in Germany jumped this month as people removed from the Federal Labour Agency's register at the start of the year were reclassified as job seekers, the agency said yesterday. Unemployment numbers, adjusted for seasonal swings, rose 39000 from August to 4,83-million. Economists had expected a decline of 12000, according to the median of 26 forecasts in a Bloomberg survey. The jobless rate rose to 11,7% from 11,6%. It reached a post-Second World War record of 12% in March. Labour market figures have been climbing since the start of the year, when German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's government added welfare recipients to the jobless rolls, cut entitlements and allowed cities and towns to opt out of the federal system. The changes swelled the number of registered job seekers a total of 483000 in the first quarter, compared with an average monthly increase in unemployment of 10200 last year.
Unemployment numbers, adjusted for seasonal swings, rose 39000 from August to 4,83-million.
Economists had expected a decline of 12000, according to the median of 26 forecasts in a Bloomberg survey. The jobless rate rose to 11,7% from 11,6%. It reached a post-Second World War record of 12% in March.
Labour market figures have been climbing since the start of the year, when German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's government added welfare recipients to the jobless rolls, cut entitlements and allowed cities and towns to opt out of the federal system.
The changes swelled the number of registered job seekers a total of 483000 in the first quarter, compared with an average monthly increase in unemployment of 10200 last year.
I remember that very many unemployment people rather got into some free job training programs to prolong their time to be electable for unemployment or social security benefits and worked "schwarz" in addition to make themselves an acceptable way of living. Is that still the case?
Yes, the statistics changed January 2005. Till December 2004 the unemployment statistics only included "unemployed" workers. And not the people living on social benefits. That inclusion probably added around 100,000 people?
Some of them might actually earn less if they work in an official job instead of them staying unemployed?
