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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.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

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).

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
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...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
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.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Nov 2nd, 2006 at 07:08:51 AM EST
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