(ANSA-AFP) - FRANKFURT, 02 SET - German unemployment held
steady in August, official data showed Tuesday, as Europe's
largest economy adapted to life after lockdowns imposed to curb
the coronavirus pandemic. The jobless rate ticked up slightly to
6.4 percent from 6.3 percent in July, the BA federal labour
agency said, signalling a plateau after a marked rise in
unemployment in the early period of the pandemic. Before the
coronavirus struck, unemployment had hovered at around five
percent, record lows since reunification. In August 2019,
unemployment was 5.1 percent. (ANSA-AFP).
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