German unemployment increased unexpectedly in September, reports said citing data from the Federal Labor Agency on Wednesday.
The number of unemployed increased by 2,000 from August, confounding expectations for a decline of 5,000.
At the same time, the jobless rate stood steady at 6.4 percent in September as expected by economists.
Data from Destatis showed that the ILO jobless rate dropped to an adjusted 4.5 percent in August from 4.6 percent in the previous month.
Elsewhere, Italy’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since February 2013, the statistical office Istat said. The jobless rate fell to 11.9 percent in August from 12 percent in July.
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