In november it was the unemployment was still at 5.6 percent. The CBS had a total of 482.000 unemployed in the last month of 2016. That was 17,000 less than a month earlier. In the last quarter of last year, the number of unemployed people, on average, with 9000 per month.
throughout 2016 was the strongest decline in the unemployment rate of the past ten years. In december 2015, was still 6.6 percent of the Dutch labour force unwanted without a paid job. Especially in the construction, in the temporary agency work sector, in the metal and engineering companies were there in the past year, a lot of jobs. The youth unemployment fell to the lowest point in five years.
Also the number of people that is bound to become more of an UNEMPLOYMENT benefit decreased. The UWV issued in december 412.000 UNEMPLOYMENT insurance benefits. That there were 34.000 less than at the end of 2015.
Minister Lodewijk Asscher of Social Affairs and Employment, welcomed the figures, but also emphasized that there are still people unemployed sit at home. “My work is not yet done,” said the minister.
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