German unemployment decreased more-than-expected in October, reports said citing data from the Federal Labor Agency on Thursday.

The number of unemployed decreased by 5,000 from September, exceeding expectations for a decline of 2,000.

Meanwhile, the jobless rate remained unchanged at 6.4 percent in October, in line with expectations.

Data from Destatis showed that the ILO jobless rate held steady at 4.5 percent in September.

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