Unemployment rate climbs marginally
Thursday 20 August 2009
The Dutch official unemployment rate climbed just 0.1 percentage point to 4.9% in July, the national statistics office CBS said on Thursday.
A year ago, the unemployment rate was 4%, meaning the jobless total has increased by 78,000. Three-quarters of the newly unemployed are male, with men accounting for the entire increase among 15 to 24-year-olds, the CBS said.
'That is because many girls opt for the healthcare and education sectors which are not sensitive to recession,' CBS economist Michiel Vergeer told the Volkskrant.
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Monday: Between 2º and 5º with light snow or sleet. Around zero at night. Similar Tuesday
and less women work in the netherlands perhaps therefore more men will be affected by lay offs?
stats are to be taken with a pinch of salt anyhow.
By hlm | August 21, 2009 12:09 AM