casts more of a shadow than light on the labour market in Germany, since employment will then no longer continue to develop … be necessary to reckon with a strong decline in employment (-0.3 % or 100,000 in the annual average). Although the relief … favourable conditions we expect an increase in employment of 0.5 % or 160,000 to 34.1 million persons in the annual average for …

consequence of the cyclical weakness the strong growth of employment in Germany came to a standstill. On the whole in the annual … average for 2001 the employment figure stood slightly (+0.2% or +70,000) above that of the previous year. This only applies to … western Germany (+0.5% or +180,000), however, since in eastern Germany the employment figures fell once again (-1.7% or -110 …

reckoned with at the moment. Employment will tend to decline further and underemployment rise again significantly. It is true … that the traditional measures of employment promotion provided by the Federal Employment Services avoid open unemployment … labour market, especially between employment and unemployment. This proves the fundamental functionality of the labour market …