German unemployment drops as economy picks up

Germany's unemployment rate dropped to 7.1 percent in March, as the usual springtime increase in jobs was aided by stronger economic growth, according to the Associated Press.

That's down from 7.3 percent in February, as unemployed numbers fell 83,000 to 3.06 million.

German Labor Agency head Frank-Juergen Weise says the uptick in growth has already been helping the labor market.

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