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German unemployment falls by more than expected in March
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The number of people registered as unemployed fell by 12,000 to 2.901 million, after accounting for the impact of seasonal variations, the Federal Labour Office said. Analysts had pencilled in a smaller fall of around 7,500. The improvement takes the unemployment rate to 6.7%.
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The German government's panel of independent economic advisers last month raised its 2014 growth forecast to 1.9% from 1.6%, following weak growth of 0.4% last year.