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German unemployment remains unchanged in March

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 03:55 AM EDT

BERLIN, March 31 (Reuters) - The number of unemployed people in Germany remained unchanged in March, labour office figures showed on Tuesday.

In seasonally adjusted terms, the jobless figure remained the same as in February at 2.977 million. Analysts and economists had predicted an increase of 2,000 in a Reuters poll.

The seasonally adjusted jobless rate was unchanged at 6.3% compared with a month earlier, in line with the forecast.

"As usual, the spring upturn in the labour market begins in March, however, without any significant momentum this year," labour office head Andrea Nahles said in a statement.

(Reporting by Miranda Murray Editing by Madeline Chambers)

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