FRANKFURT: German unemployment fell to a new historic low in January, despite a massive influx of refugees, as the recovery in Europe’s biggest economy remains on track, data showed on Tuesday.

The unemployment rate—which measures the jobless total against the working population as a whole—eased to 6.2 percent in January from 6.3 percent in December.

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