Germany's unemployment falls in November amid reduced working hours

BERLIN, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The number of unemployed people in Germany stood at 2.77 million in November, 17,000 less than in October, while the unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 5.9 percent, official data showed Friday.

However, seasonally adjusted figures revealed a different picture, showing a month-on-month increase of 7,000 unemployed during the same period, the Federal Employment Agency (BA) reported.