March Unemployment in Netherlands – Slight drop but the trend is still upwards

Unemployment fell by some 7,000 in March as more people withdrew permanently from the jobs market rather than found jobs, the national statistics office CBS said on Thursday. 

In the longer term, the jobless trend is still upwards, with an average increase of 5,000 people joining the unemployment ranks a month. Women were hardest hit in the first three months of the year as jobs continued to go in the care services and trade.

via DutchNews.nl – Unemployment drops slightly but trend is still upwards.