Germany Aug. Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment: Summary

By Kristian Siedenburg

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of Germany's August seasonally adjusted unemployment figures from the German Federal Labor Office in Nuremberg:

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                     Aug.     July     June      May    April    March     Feb.
                     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008     2008
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Unemployment rate     7.6%     7.7%     7.8%     7.9%     7.9%     8.0%     8.1%
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Unemployed chg    -40,000  -20,000  -43,000  -14,000  -17,000  -52,000  -60,000
Vacancies          -2,000   -8,000    6,000   -6,000  -10,000   -5,000   -4,000
Employed              n/a   37,000   16,000   15,000   33,000   32,000   34,000
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NOTE: Levels represent the change from the previous month.

SOURCE: Bundesagentur fur Arbeit (Federal Labor Office)

To contact the reporter on this story: Kristian Siedenburg in Budapest at ksiedenburg@bloomberg.net