Germany: growing employment in manufacturing

Employed in the manufacturing sector increased in Germany in April. According to estimates released today by Destatis, the increase amounted to + 0.9% from the previous year, an increase of about 49 thousand working units employed in factories with more than 50 employees. Overall, the German National Statistical Institute points out, at the end of April, some 5.4 million people are employed in the sector.

The number of hours worked in April grew by 4.9% trend, reaching € 723 million. Total revenues of the sector, in the month under review, totaled 23.6 billion euro, up 2.9% from April 2015.