BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment jumped unexpectedly in May by the largest amount in several years, a rise the Labour Office attributed to mild winter weather.
The number of people out of work increased by 24,000 to 2.905 million, seasonally-adjusted data showed on Wednesday. The mid-range forecast in a Reuters poll had been for a drop of 15,000. The jobless rate was steady at 6.7 percent.
Because of the mild winter, the Labour Office said that employers - notably in the construction sector - had not cut jobs at the usual rate in the early months of the year. As a result, there had not been the traditional ramp-up in employment in the spring.
(Writing by Noah Barkin; Editing by Stephen Brown)
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