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Press release No. 189 of 28 May 2025 Employment unchanged in April 2025 after seasonal adjustment
Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in April 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment therefore remained …
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Press release No. 156 of 30 April 2025 Little movement in employment figures in March 2025
Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in March 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment was almost unchanged …
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Press release No. 120 of 28 March 2025 Employment down slightly in February 2025
Roughly 45.6 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in February 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment decreased slightly by …
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Press release No. 077 of 28 February 2025 Employment down slightly in January 2025
Roughly 45.6 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in January 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment fell slightly by 9,000 …
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Press release No. 069 of 25 February 2025 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the fourth quarter of 2024
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2% in the 4th quarter of 2024 compared with the 3rd quarter of 2024 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this confirms the …
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Press release No. 041 of 31 January 2025 Employment stagnates in December 2024
Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in December 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose only marginally by …
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Press release No. 002 of 3 January 2025 Employment in November 2024 slightly up on the previous month
Roughly 46.1 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in November 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 24,000 …
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Press release No. 451 of 29 November 2024 Employment almost unchanged in October 2024
Roughly 46.1 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in October 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment remained virtually …
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Press release No. 438 of 22 November 2024 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the 3rd quarter of 2024
The gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.1% in the 3rd quarter of 2024 compared with the 2nd quarter of 2024, after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that economic growth was …
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Press release No. 407 of 30 October 2024 Employment down slightly in September 2024
Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in September 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment fell slightly by 18,000 …
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Press release No. 371 of 27 September 2024 Employment down slightly in August 2024
Roughly 45.9 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in August 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment declined slightly by …
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Press release No. 331 of 30 August 2024 Employment up slightly in July 2024
Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in July 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 5,000 …
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Press release No. 325 of 27 August 2024 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the 2nd quarter of 2024
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.1% in the 2nd quarter of 2024 compared with the 1st quarter of 2024 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this confirms the …
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Press release No. 293 of 31 July 2024 Employment slightly up in June 2024
Roughly 46.0 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in June 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 8,000 …
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Press release No. 254 of 28 June 2024 Employment in May 2024: slight upward trend continues
Roughly 45.9 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in May 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment was up by 20,000 (0.0%) …
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Press release No. 217 of 4 June 2024 Number of persons in employment continued to increase in April 2024
Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in April 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose by 25,000 (+0.1%) on …
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Press release No. 205 of 24 May 2024 Gross domestic product: detailed results on economic performance in the 1st quarter of 2024
The gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.2% in the 1st quarter of 2024 compared with the 4th quarter of 2023 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this confirms the …
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Press release No. 173 of 30 April 2024 Gross domestic product in the 1st quarter of 2024 up 0.2% on the previous quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the fourth quarter of 2023 - following adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations - after falling at the end of 2023 (by a revised -0.5% in the …
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Press release No. 171 of 30 April 2024 Rate of increase in employment continued to slow in March 2024
Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in March 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 8,000 …
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Press release No. 127 of 28 March 2024 Employment in February 2024: slight upward trend continues
Roughly 45.7 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in February 2024. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment rose slightly by 14,000 …
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Press release No. 038 of 30 January 2024 Gross domestic product in the 4th quarter of 2023 down 0.3% on the previous quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared with the third quarter of 2023 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. After the German economy more or less stagnated in the first three …
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Press release No. 420 of 30 October 2023 Gross domestic product in the 3rd quarter of 2023 down 0.1% on the previous quarter
The gross domestic product (GDP) fell slightly by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2023 compared with the second quarter of 2023 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. In the second quarter of 2023, economic performance had …
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Press release No. 393 of 5 October 2023 Exports in August 2023: -1.2% on July 2023
In August 2023, German exports were down 1.2% and imports dropped 0.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with July 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by …
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Press release No. 347 of 4 September 2023 Exports in July 2023: -0.9% on June 2023
In July 2023, German exports were down 0.9% and imports were up 1.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with June 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by 1.0% …
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Press release No. 335 of 23 August 2023 Exports to non-EU countries in July 2023: expected decrease of 2.9% on June 2023
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) decreased by 2.9% in July 2023 compared with June 2023. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 315 of 11 August 2023 German exports in first half of 2023: +3.3% on the same period a year earlier
Total German exports rose by 3.3% to 797.8 billion euros in the first half of 2023 compared with the same period a year earlier. Goods to the total value of 699.1 billion euros were imported to Germany in the first six months of 2023. This was a …
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Press release No. 306 of 3 August 2023 Exports in June 2023: +0.1% on May 2023
In June 2023, German exports were up 0.1% and imports were down 3.4% on a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis compared with May 2023. Based on provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that exports decreased by 1.9% …
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Press release No. 299 of 28 July 2023 Gross domestic product stagnant in 2nd quarter of 2023
The gross domestic product (GDP) did not continue to fall (0.0%) in the 2nd quarter of 2023 compared with the 1st quarter of 2023 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. In the two previous quarters, German economic performance …
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Press release No. 286 of 20 July 2023 Exports to non-EU countries in June 2023: expected increase of 0.5% on May 2023
On a calendar and seasonally adjusted basis, German exports to countries outside the European Union (third countries) increased by 0.5% in June 2023 compared with May 2023. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), …
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Press release No. 273 of 12 July 2023 Exports to the United States up 7.0% from January to May 2023 compared with the same period a year earlier
Goods to the value of 64.3 billion euros were exported from Germany to the United States in the period from January to May 2023. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that exports therefore rose by 7.0% compared with the same period a …