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Unemployment Gross of Germany continues to fall. He reached again in September, a record low at 6.6% of the workforce.

The gross rate of unemployment in Germany down again. The level reached in September has a new record low at 6.6%, ignoring the economic uncertainty and the crisis of the euro. The unemployment rate fell to gross 6.6% in September, as against 7% in July and August, which already marked its lowest level since the reunification of the country, according to figures released Thursday by the Employment Agency. Its level is the lowest for 20 years.

In data adjusted for seasonal values, the unemployment rate also fell to 6.9% against 7% a month earlier. This represents 26,000 fewer unemployed, where economists were expecting 10,000 less."The demand for labor remains strong," said the director of the Employment Agency, in a statement, and that while the situation in Germany, as in the euro area is marked by uncertainty .

Recent surveys of the financial community (ZEW) and entrepreneurs (Ifo) portend a slowdown in economic activity in the coming months. Already in the second quarter, the German economy had slowed sharply, with GDP rising by only 0.1%. Chancellor Angela Merkel, however, on a table growth "closer to 3% than 2.5%" this year, the official government forecast of 2.6%.