Netherlands / Gloomy Figures: Unemployment rate reaches 7.5%

A string of gloomy figures from the national statistics office CBS on Thursday show the Dutch economy is

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still in crisis.

The jobless rate in January hit 7.5%, the CBS said, a rise of 0.3 percentage point on December. Over the past three months, an average of 19,000 people have joined the ranks of the unemployed. The northern provinces were particularly hard hit, the CBS said.

The jobless rate among the under-25s continues to grow. The youth unemployment rate has now risen to 15%, up from 13% in December.

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via DutchNews.nl – Unemployment rate reaches 7.5%, consumer confidence hits record low.