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Unemployment drops below half a million

Both turnover and hours worked in temp jobs increased in the third quarter of 2016.

Unemployment declined by 13 thousand per month over the previous three months, ending at 502 thousand in October.

Economic situation improving

Unemployment further in decline

Economic situation is improving

Economic situation is improving

Today, CBS publishes its ‘revised’ Business Cycle Tracer

Unemployment continues to fall

The total number of hours worked in temp jobs increased by 2.9 percent in the second quarter of 2016.

The Netherlands had 541 thousand unemployed in July, equivalent to 6.0 percent of the labour force.

The Dutch economic situation is more or less the same in August as in the preceding months.

Trends in the Netherlands provides figures over 2015 on topics such as population

Economic situation stable over the past months

Unemployment falls to 550 thousand

Economic situation fairly stable

Unemployment further down

The total number of hours worked in temp jobs decreased by 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2016

6.4 percent of the labour force unemployed in April 2016

Economic situation improves somewhat

The number of unemployed declined by an average of 5 thousand a month over the past three months

The economic situation is somewhat less favourable in March 2016 than in the preceding month.

Over the past three months, unemployment declined by an average of 5 thousand a month.

According to Statistics Netherlands, the total number of hours worked in temp jobs increased by 3.6 percent in Q4 2015 relative to Q3. This is the most substantial increase in five years.

Unemployment fell over the past three months by an average of 14 thousand a month. In January 574 thousand people and 6.5 percent in the labour force were unemployed. Statistics Netherlands reports...