Economics
German Labor Market Continues Recovery Amid Omicron Threat
- Unemployment falls 23,000 vs. estimated decline of 15,000
- Pandemic is fueling uncertainty, driving demand for furloughs
An employee assembles components inside an electric vehicle charging station at a manufacturing site near Treuchtlingen, Germany.
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German joblessness continued to fall in December before the country tightened restrictions to ward off a wave of infections sparked by the omicron variant.