Thursday, June 4, 2020

German unemployment figures

German unemployment figure for May stands at 2.813 million.

This works out at 6.1 per cent of the workforce.

Ireland's unemployment figure for May was over 25 per cent.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

You might find this explanation explains the unemployment levels and why they are so low in comparison to other countries. Orlaith

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-germany-saved-its-workforce-from-unemployment-while-spending-less-per-person-than-the-u-s/amp

Unknown said...

I think for Ireland it should read unemployment figure, not employment 👍🏻

Michael Commane said...

Orlaith, thank you for that piece and it explains the reasons for the difference.
To the anonymous comment, thank you too. That of course should have read 'unemployment'.
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