Unemployment in Germany for August rose but just below earlier predictions, according to the Federal Labor Office on Aug. 31.
The German government said that the number of people out of work increased by 28,000 in August, bringing total unemployment numbers up to 2.497 million, as the Central European nation is dealing with critical energy shortages and high inflation.
Analysts had projected a 28,500 gain in joblessness.
The labor office blamed the summer break and the registration of newly arrived Ukrainian refugees, among other foreign groups in Germany, for the rising unemployment figures.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees have fled to Germany since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis….