German exports post big fall in March, trade drags on Q1

BERLIN, May 9 (Reuters) - German exports posted their biggest fall in nearly a year in March and imports also dipped as the crisis in Ukraine and a slowdown in China weighed, narrowing the trade surplus and confirming trade was a drag on growth at the start of 2014.

German 10-Year Yields Drop Most in Four Weeks on Growth Concern

German bunds rose, with 10-year yields dropping the most in four weeks, as euro-area surveys showed services and manufacturing output fell to a 39-month low in September, boosting demand for the region’s safest assets.

Record number of Germans in work in 2011

The number of employed people in Germany hit a new record in 2011, said official statistics published on Monday, with more than half a million jobs created last year in Europe's top economy.