The Federal Labour Agency released its unemployment figures for Germany on Thursday. The number of unemployed people in Germany fell by 5,000 in October, exceeding expectations for a 4,000 decline, after a 1,000 increase in September. September's figure was revised down from a 3,000 rise.

The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.4% in October, in line with expectations.

The number of unemployed people was 1.87 million in September, according to Destatis.

Destatis said that Germany's adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.5% in September.