The number of people out of work declined a seasonally adjusted 9,000 to 3.14 million, the lowest since December 1992, the Nuremberg-based Federal Labor Agency said today.

位于纽伦堡的德国联邦劳动局今天公布，德国失业人口按季节性因素调整后降低了9000人，至314万，为1992年12月以来的最低水平。

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The German jobless rate actually fell to 8% in September, the Federal Labor Agency's statistics showed Wednesday, well below the 9.5% rate for the euro zone.

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