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Employment agency logo: The unemployment rate climbed 0.4 percentage points to 6.3 percent
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The number of unemployed in Germany increased significantly in January by 193,000 to 2.9 million.
Despite the lockdown to contain the corona measures, the number has not increased more than usual for the time of year.
The unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage points to 6.3 percent, as the Federal Employment Agency announced.
The increase this year was even slightly lower than in the previous year.
From December 2019 to January 2020, the number of unemployed rose by 198,000.
For the first time, the effects of the current corona-related lockdown are taken into account in the labor market statistics.
The employment agency has collected data for its statistics by January 13th.
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