Federal Agency Aiming Four-million Mark

The optimistic growth forecasts for 2007 raise hopes for the labour market. The Federal Employment Agency estimates that under these conditions, the rate of unemployment in the annual average to near the four-million mark could fall.
Berlin - "We are currently a number of around 4.3 million for 2007 - with a subordinate growth forecast of 1.4 percent," said BA's Executive Heinrich Alt of the "Berliner Zeitung". If the higher growth could be in the vicinity of the 4 million mark.
economic researchers had in the past few days their growth forecasts for 2007 and even substantially increased rates of two percent are considered possible. Alt also said that a fall below four million expected until 2008. For the current year he expects a reduction in the average unemployment rate of more than 300,000. "Such a dynamic decline since 2003, there were no longer", said Alt. 2005, the average unemployment figure is 4.86 million. mik / ddp