Upward trend in the labor market does not stop

To today's Federal Statistical Office and the Federal Employment Agency published employment figures said the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Rainer Brüderle:

. The upward trend in the labor market is not to stop the spring upturn the labor market drives to new highs, the strong economy, bolstered by the spring recovery, ensures that the figures for employment go up;. Unemployment decreases again felt. Particularly encouraging is that the social security contributions increased as much. 700 000 persons work more than a year ago are a proud testimony of our continued employment recovery.

All characters in the labor market are more green. Although more than half a million jobs were created within a year, the employment plans of the companies are still expansionary. The order books are full, capacity utilization is high and the job offers to take a month. Unemployment will soon fall back below the 3 million mark and I'm sure they will be less this year for the first time since 1992 an annual average of this value.

The economic policy can not rest despite the excellent figures. To secure the long-term recovery, it is increasingly important to facilitate the immigration of skilled workers. A quick and appropriate solution for the increasing shortage of skilled workers helped us all. "
Background information:

The Federal Statistical Office reported today, in March 2011 were about 40.5 million people work is in Germany (domestic concept) in employment. These were 554 000 persons or 1.4% more than in March 2010.

The number of social insurance contributions rose in February to 27.9 million.Seasonally adjusted, that is after eliminating the typical seasonal variations showed compared to the previous month, an increase by 84,000 persons.

The Federal Labour Agency said today that decreased the number of registered unemployed from March to April to 132,000 people to 3.078 million. The decline was for an April from slightly above average. The year-earlier level was undercut by 321 000. Seasonally adjusted, the number of unemployed in April, more sharply by 37,000.