The Federal Agency for work completed in the year 2018, statistically. Accordingly, the number of Hartz-IV-households decreased, and the Integration of refugees is doing a good job and a comprehensive lack of skilled workers is not.
The labour market in Germany, defying the many warnings of a downturn in the economy. At the end of the year 2018, the number of unemployed grew, according to data of the Federal employment Agency (BA) by 23,000 to 2.21 million. The increase was, however, lower than for the December common.
The average annual number of unemployed declined for the fifth year in a row and fell to 2.34 million, the lowest level since reunification in 1990. In spite of a reduction in the contribution rate to unemployment insurance, with the beginning of the year, the authority expects 2019 with a Surplus.
In December the number of unemployed in the rule from year to time constraints rises because, for example, employment in outdoor occupations, the weather goes back. After taking into account the seasonal fluctuations, the unemployment number fell, according to the BA by 14,000 compared to November. The end of the year there was the lowest December unemployment rate since reunification. By the end of 2017, there had been 175,000 and the unemployed.
Efforts bear fruit
“In the past year, much of the labour market went gratifying,” said BA chief Detlef Scheele in Nuremberg, Germany. This was due to the positive economic development, even if the economy had lost some momentum. For 2019 Scheele was optimistic.
Almost half of the decline in unemployment to 2018 go back to the long-term unemployed. In an average year, approximately 813.000 men and women were for a year or longer without a Job. The are for 87,000 less than in the previous year. As the reason for the positive development of Scheele prevention called. “We see that our efforts to not let long-term unemployment from arising in the, fruit, in the meantime, slowly.”
In spite of the good Figures published by the BA: The number of unemployed is still in the seven-digit range.
Integration remains a long-distance run
Also in the Integration of refugees in the labour market, you’ve made 2018 significant progress. The last of nearly 300,000 people from the eight major asylum countries, Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Somalia would have had a social insurance Job. Almost 95. 000 more than a year earlier. “Who would have thought three years ago that we announce such Figures,” says Scheele. Nevertheless, the Integration is still a long-distance race. Patience and time are required.
What is the deal with the shortage of skilled workers?
While according to the economic associations of skilled workers through the employment boom almost, the BA is still not a nationwide Problem. “A comprehensive lack of skilled workers is not always there yet,” said Scheele, with a view to shortages in individual Occupations
Rare Hartz IV
In spite of the influx of Refugees, the number of households declined, the benefits from the basic security benefits for jobseekers (Hartz IV). In December, the according to BA were 2,995 million households Pay with a good 5.9 million people. In November, with 2,997 million house the Three-million mark for the first time below.
A “remarkable” High
The number of people employed was according to the extrapolation of the Federal Statistical office in November 45,22 million – 34,000 more than in the previous month. In comparison to the previous year, there were 483.000 employed. The increase is mainly on more employment subject to social insurance, according to the Federal Agency. This has adjusted according to the calculations of the BA from September to October is the peak season to 68.000 increased. To 33,47 million people in Germany last had a regular Job – 696.000 more than a year earlier. “This is a remarkable number, according to the many years of the recovery,” the chief of the Agency Scheele.
dk/hb (AP, rtr)