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1 July 2025 Employment continued to stagnate in May 2025

Roughly 45.8 million persons resident in Germany were in employment in May 2025. According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the seasonally adjusted number of persons in employment therefore remained almost unchanged (+1,000 people, 0.0%) compared with the previous month. It has remained at virtually the same level since December 2024, following a drop of 14,000 people in January 2025 and slight increases of 9,000 and 5,000 people in February and March 2025, respectively. The number of persons in employment in April 2025 was unchanged compared with the previous month.

30 June 2025 Inflation rate of +2.0% expected in June 2025

30 June 2025 Import prices in May 2025: -1.1% on May 2024

20 May 2025 Producer prices in May 2025: -1.2% on May 2024

20 June 2025 Stock of orders in manufacturing in April 2025: +0.8% on the previous month

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Microcensus

In the period from January to December, a total of 1% of Germany's population in private households and collective living quarters will be selected using random sampling and the residents surveyed. The results of the microcensus provide the general public, policy-makers and the scientific community with a wide range of information on life in Germany. They serve as an important basis for policy decisions that affect the lives of many people.

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Wirtschaft und Statistik journal

The tourism industry is a cross-cutting sector which is not represented in its entirety in any set of official statistics. What do tourists in Germany spend their money on? How much greenhouse gas is produced by tourism? How many people are employed in the tourism industry? An article in the current issue (3/2025) of our scientific WISTA journal presents the tourism satellite account for the economy and environment (TSA-EE). This satellite account describes the significance of tourism in Germany and enables a comparison with other economic sectors.

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