German unemployment dropping, Eurozone growth up. | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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Here is the Federal Labour Office's original press report.

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by DoDo on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 06:18:07 AM EST
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Can you tell how the regions are faring? How are the ex-Eastern areas doing? My German certainly isn't up to trying to interpret statistical press releases!

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 06:32:33 AM EST
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Die Zahl der Arbeitslosen hat sich im Oktober um 153.000 auf 4.085.000 verringert (West: -96.000 auf 2.739.000; Ost: -56.000 auf 1.346.000).

This is the saisonally not corrected number (absolute and month-on-month change), "Ost" is East.

There is a pdf link at the end of the page. The first page is a map of the unemployment rate down to county level, there you have the geographic comparison.

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by DoDo on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 06:43:21 AM EST
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Great, so it's a country-wide drop.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 06:49:06 AM EST
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But not saisonally (see below).

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by DoDo on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 07:19:35 AM EST
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Seasonally.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 07:24:41 AM EST
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My rudimentary French coming across...

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by DoDo on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 09:11:55 AM EST
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Oh, just noticed, the last page of the pdf is data for East Germany.

SOZ.-VERS.PFL. BESCHÄFTIGTE = employed with social insurance
ARBEITSLOSE = jobless
Frauen = women
unter X Jahren = below age X
X Jahre und älter = age X or older
Ausländer = foreign [citizen]s

ARBEITSLOSENQUOTEN = jobless quotas (percentage)
alle zivilen Erwerbspersonen insgesamt = all civilian persons with income
abhängige zivile Erwerbspersonen insgesamt = dependent civilian persons with income

LEISTUNGSEMPFÄNGER = receivers of benefits
Arbeitslosengeld = jobless benefit (there are two kinds)
Sozialgeld = social benefits

GEMELDETE STELLEN = reported vacancies
Zugang im Monat = new this month
Zugang seit Jahresbeginn = new since beginning of year
Bestand = inventory
dar.: ungefördert = of this, unsubsidized
sofort zu besetzen = fillable immediately

TEILNEHMER AN AUSGEWÄHLTEN MASSNAHMEN
AKTIVER ARBEITSMARKTPOLITIK = participants of selected active job market measures
Bestand insgesamt (ohne Kug) = current numbers (without short-term workers [workers who in an economic downturn aren't fired but employed part-time with wage reduced proportionately]
Qualifizierung = qualification
Berufsberatung u. Förderung d. Berufsausbildung = job advice and helping job-oriented education
Beschäftigungssbegleitende Leistungen = benefits paired to employment
Beschäftigung schaffende Maßnahmen = job-creation measures

Kurzarbeiter = short-term workers

SAISONBEREINIGT = saisonally corrected

The rest can be deduced.

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by DoDo on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 07:08:51 AM EST
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I somehow left off the rest from the press release:

Die jüngste saisonbereinigte Abnahme entfällt zum größeren Teil auf Westdeutschland, in Ostdeutschland gab es nach Anstiegen im August und September wieder einen Rückgang.

The improvement in the saisonally corrected numbers comes mainly from the West, in the East, there was now reduction but that after increases in the previous two months.

Die sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung hat in West- und Ostdeutschland jeweils um 1,0 Prozent zugenommen.

Employment with obligatory social insurance increased in both Westn and East by 1% against 12 months ago.

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by DoDo on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 06:49:02 AM EST
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To enumerate the saisonally corrected changes from the pdf (see above) for East Germany,

Okt. 06	Sept. 06	Aug. 06	Juli 06	Juni 06	Mai 06	April 06	März 06
-11.000	4.000	27.000	-36.000	-22.000	31.000	-16.000	-4.000

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by DoDo on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 07:14:02 AM EST
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German unemployment dropping, Eurozone growth up. | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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