Employment in Germany continues to rise in Q2


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Aug 2022

BERLIN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Employment in Germany continued to rise in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, after already surpassing pre-COVID-19 levels in the previous quarter, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Thursday.

The number of people in employment rose by 664,000 year on year, or 1.5 percent, to around 45.5 million, according to Destatis. Annual growth rates were as high as in the first quarter of the year.

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