FRANKFURT: German unemployment registered a surprising rise in September, because of a scaling back of job creation schemes, official data showed on Tuesday.

The number of people registered as unemployed in Europe’s top economy rose by 25,000 in seasonally adjusted terms last month, the Federal Labor Office said in a statement, while analysts had been expecting a drop of around 5,000.

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