Dutch unemployment rate falls slightly to 3.8%

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2025-05-15

Amsterdam (dpa-AFX) - The Netherlands' unemployment rate decreased for the first time in nearly a year in April, though marginally, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped to 3.8% in April from 3.9% in March. In the corresponding month last year, the jobless rate was 3.7%. There were 387,000 unemployed people in April, down from 395,000 in the preceding month. The youth unemploym......

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