The current acceleration of business activity in Europe's largest economy created 50,500 new jobs in June, driving down the German nominal unemployment rate from 6.3 percent in May to 6.2 percent in June, according to new figures published by the German Labor Agency (BA) on Tuesday.

BA data for June showed that about 2.71 million Germans were looking for work - the lowest number since December 1991, about a year after German reunification.

In terms adjusted for seasonal variations, unemployment, however, fell only by about 1,000 to 2.78 million - slightly fewer than expected by analysts.

The German economy is expected to have picked up steam in the second quarter after a brief slowdown in the first three months of 2015.

Noting that the growth outlook had "clouded over somewhat" for the second half of the year, the German labor office said, however, the trend on the labor market "remains favorable."

DW