Bloomberg Businessweek: German jobless rate down to 6.5 percentBy Bloomberg Businessweek. Published Sept. 30, 2014 at 12:26 pm Business confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, has slid as turmoil in Ukraine and sluggish global growth cloud the outlook for exports. Photo by AFP PHOTO / DANIEL ROLANDBERLIN — Germany's unemployment rate dipped to 6.5 percent in September as hiring picked up after the summer break. Read the story here.