Unemployment falls again
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Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on GoogleUnemployment fell again in the three-month period July to September 2008 with 284,000 people now officially out of work, reports the national statistics agency CBS on Thursday.
This is 3.7% of the population compared with 4.3% in the year earlier period.
Unemployment has fallen by 4,000 people a month for the past six months, says the CBS. This is slower than the 6,000 a month decline recorded in 2006 and 2007.
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