The Federal Labour Agency has today announced German unemployment fell sharply in April to 8.1%, from 8.5% the previous month.The latest fall means the unemployment rate in the euro zone’s largest economy is at the lowest level since January 2009. The agency’s chief, Frank-Juergen Weise, said: “There was an unexpectedly strong springtime upturn on the [...]

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Pretty surprising. You would think unemployment figures follow the economy with some delay, so you would expect to see higher unemployment rates.