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Unemployment in the young population is rising rapidly; from 9.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008 to 11.4 percent in the same period this year. Young people are often the first to suffer the...

An average 386 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the period May-July 2009. This is the equivalent of 4.9 percent of the labour force.

In the period May–July 2009, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 371 thousand. Compared to the period April-June, unemployment remained stable.

In the period April–June 2009, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 368 thousand, an increase by 16 thousand relative to the period March–May.

The purchasing power of the Dutch population improved by 0.8 percent last year. The average disposable household income was 33.5 thousand euro.

Unemployment averaged 373 thousand (4.8 percent of the Dutch labour force) in the period April-June 2009, as against 4.0 percent in the same period in 2008.

An average 358 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period March-May 2009.

In the period February-April 2009 unemployment averaged 360 thousand. This equals 4.6 percent of the labour force.

In the first quarter of 2009, the unemployment rate in the Netherlands was 4.4 percent, the same as one year previously, but unemployment rates for men and young people were higher than in the first...

An average of 341 thousand persons (4.4 percent of the labour force) were unemployed in the period January-March 2009.

Last year, there were 119 thousand long-term unemployed, 27 thousand fewer than in 2007. Unemployment dropped markedly among older and secondary-educated long-term unemployed.

Unemployment over the period December 2008 - February 2009 averaged 314 thousand (4.1 percent of the labour force).

In 2008, unemployment declined in nearly all Dutch provinces. The lowest unemployment rate was recorded in Utrecht, the highest in Groningen.

An average of 298 thousand persons, i.e. 3.9 percent of the labour force were unemployed in the period November 2008 - January 2009.

Unemployment fell slightly in 2008 among people in the Netherlands with a non-western foreign background.

Unemployment averaged 285 thousand in the period October-December 2008, i.e. 3.7 percent of the labour force.

According to figures from Statistics Netherlands, there were 108 thousand more jobs for employees in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2008 than in the same quarter in 2007. This is an increase...