The number of unemployed in the Netherlands fell by 11,000 to 683,000 in August, ending two years of steady increases, the national statistics office CBS said on Thursday. A fall in youth unemployment accounted for almost all of the reduction, the CBS said. The official unemployment rate is now 8.6%, down 0.1 percentage point from July. However, the number of claims for unemployment benefit (ww) rose 1% in August compared with July. In total, 399,000 people are claiming jobless benefits, … Continue reading Unemployment falls slightly – for the first time in two years