Unemployment rises for fifth-straight month

In August, 426 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed, a slight increase compared to July and the fifth consecutive month that unemployment in the Netherlands increased, Statistics Netherlands reported on Thursday. The increase does seem to be slowing down. Submitted by Janene Pieters on Thursday, 17 September 2020 - 11:20 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/17/unemployment-rises-fifth-straight-month