24-12-2009Article
Statistics Netherlands has developed the Business Cycle Tracer as a tool to assist in the analysis of short term developments in the Dutch economy. The emphasis is on the dynamics in the economy, the cyclical alternation of increasing and decreasing economic activity.
23-12-2009Press release
In the third quarter of 2009 there were 140 thousand jobs of employees less than in the third quarter of 2008. This is the biggest drop in over 25 years.
17-12-2009Press release
In the period September-November 2009 there were on average 400 thousand people unemployed. This constitutes 5.2 percent of the labour force.
15-12-2009Press release
Retail turnover declined by 4.3 percent in October 2009 relative to the same month last year.
03-12-2009Press release
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.0 percent in November 2009, an increase by 0.3 percentage points relative to October.
24-11-2009Web magazine
Last month, Dutch manufacturers were clearly more optimistic. In October, producers expecting exports to increase in the next quarter for the first time in twelve months outnumbered those anticipating a downturn. These are indications that the volume of exports is growing.
24-11-2009Press release
Companies in the Dutch manufacturing industry expect to invest 10 percent less in 2009 than in 2008.
19-11-2009Press release
Seasonally adjusted unemployment reached 403 thousand in the period August-October 2009, breaking the 400 thousand barrier for the first time in nearly three years.
13-11-2009Press release
The Dutch economy shrank by 3.7 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year. This decrease is considerably smaller than the decrease in the first half of the year. Compared with the second quarter of this year, the economy grew again in the third quarter.
13-11-2009Press release
Retail trade turnover in the third quarter of 2009 was 5.5 percent down on the same quarter one year previously.
13-11-2009Press release
The number of unfilled vacancies has stabilised in the third quarter of 2009.
05-11-2009Press release
Inflation was 0.7 percent in October 2009. In September, consumer prices were 0.4 percent higher than one year previously.
05-11-2009Article
Since 2005, Statistics Netherlands has been monitoring the state of the Dutch business cycle with the aid of the Business Cycle Tracer (BCT). The BCT is based on 15 indicators. The individual changes in these indicators are published in the Business Cycle Dashboard. On the dashboard the indicators are divided into three macro-economic clusters: confidence, economy and labour market.
27-10-2009Web magazine
Buyers and owners of residential property who negotiated new mortgage loans in August 2009, nearly twice as often opted for short-term fixed rate mortgages (with a maximum of one year) than one year previously.
20-10-2009Press release
An average of 394 thousand people were unemployed in the period July-September 2009, i.e. 5.0 percent of the labour force, as against 3.7 percent one year ago.
15-10-2009Press release
In August 2009, retail turnover was 7.7 percent down on one year previously. Volume shrank by 7.1 percent, while prices dropped 0.7 percent. The price drop was entirely caused by lower fuel prices.
13-10-2009Web magazine
Consumer confidence has built up over the past three quarters. People were far less negative about the economic situation in the next twelve months.
08-10-2009Press release
The inflation rate in the Netherlands rose marginally in September 2009 to 0.4 percent, i.e. 0.1 percentage points higher than last month and 0.2 percentage points higher than in July.
24-09-2009Press release
In the second quarter of this year, the number of jobs of employees declined by 72 thousand relative to the second quarter of 2008.
17-09-2009Press release
On average, 390 thousand persons were unemployed in the period June-August 2009, i.e. 5.0 percent of the labour force, as against 3.8 percent one year earlier.
15-09-2009Press release
Retail turnover declined by 3.6 percent in July 2009 relative to the same month last year.
10-09-2009Web magazine
Circumstances were still unfavourable for Dutch exports in August 2009. But the situation is slightly better than in July, according to Statistics Netherlands’ new Exports radar.
03-09-2009Press release
Dutch inflation was 0.3 percent in August 2009, i.e. 0.1 percentage points higher than in July, when the lowest level since 1987 was reached.
25-08-2009Article
25-08-2009Article
20-08-2009Press release
An average 386 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the period May-July 2009. This is the equivalent of 4.9 percent of the labour force.
13-08-2009Press release
The Dutch economy shrank by 5.1 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year.
13-08-2009Press release
The number of unfilled vacancies again saw a substantial drop in the second quarter of 2009.
13-08-2009Press release
Retail turnover in the second quarter of this year was 5.1 percent down on the second quarter of 2008.
06-08-2009Press release
The Dutch inflation rate was 0.2 percent in July 2009, the lowest since December 1987. In June, inflation was still 1.4 percent.
21-07-2009Press release
Unemployment averaged 373 thousand (4.8 percent of the Dutch labour force) in the period April-June 2009, as against 4.0 percent in the same period in 2008.
16-07-2009Press release
09-07-2009Press release
The Dutch inflation rate was 1.4 percent in June 2009, i.e. 0.2 percentage points lower than in May. The eurozone inflation rate dropped by 0.1 percentage points to -0.1 percent.
25-06-2009Press release
In the first quarter of 2009 there were 23 thousand more jobs of employees than in the same quarter of 2008. This brought the number of jobs to 7.9 million.
18-06-2009Press release
An average 358 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period March-May 2009.
17-06-2009Web magazine
In the second quarter of 2009, just over 71 percent of Dutch companies reported taking measures to combat the effects of the economic recession. This is slightly more than in the first quarter.
16-06-2009Press release
Dutch retailers booked nearly 3 percent less turnover in April 2009 than in the same month last year.
12-06-2009Article
Statistics Netherlands develops a factsheet containing several indicators measuring conjunctural change
04-06-2009Press release
The Dutch inflation rate in May 2009 was 1.6 percent.
20-05-2009Press release
In the period February-April 2009 unemployment averaged 360 thousand. This equals 4.6 percent of the labour force.
15-05-2009Press release
The Dutch economy saw a negative growth of 4.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter of 2008. This is the largest decline in the Dutch economy in the post-war period.
15-05-2009Press release
The sharp decline in the number of unfilled vacancies continued into the first quarter of 2009.
15-05-2009Press release
Retail turnover declined by 4.8 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2008.
14-05-2009Press release
The inflation rate in April 2009 was 1.8 percent. This is 0.2 percent point lower than in March.
07-05-2009Web magazine
The industrial capacity utilisation rate in the Netherlands is exceptionally low. In April 2009, manufacturing industry used over 74 percent of total output capacity available.
24-04-2009Press release
Manufacturers anticipate a 10 percent drop in investments in 2009 relative to last year.
16-04-2009Press release
An average of 341 thousand persons (4.4 percent of the labour force) were unemployed in the period January-March 2009.
16-04-2009Press release
An average of 341 thousand persons (4.4 percent of the labour force) were unemployed in the period January-March 2009.
09-04-2009Press release
Dutch inflation stood at 2.0 percent in March 2009, the same as in February.
09-04-2009Press release
As a result of the global finacial crisis, the value of shares and bonds owned by Dutch households has decreased by 66 billion euro last year. One quarter of the value of shares and one tenth of the total value of bonds has evaporated.
26-03-2009Press release
The number of jobs of employees grew by 108 thousand in the fourth quarter of last year relative to the same quarter of 2007. Employment also grew relative to the third quarter.
19-03-2009Press release
Unemployment over the period December 2008 - February 2009 averaged 314 thousand (4.1 percent of the labour force).
17-03-2009Press release
Dutch retailers booked 2.3 percent more turnover in January this year than in the same month last year.
17-03-2009Web magazine
Nearly 70 of companies in the Netherlands report having taken measures to survive the effects of the economic recession.
05-03-2009Press release
Inflation in the Netherlands was 2.0 percent in February, i.e. 0.1 percentage points up on January.
19-02-2009Press release
An average of 298 thousand persons, i.e. 3.9 percent of the labour force were unemployed in the period November 2008 - January 2009.
13-02-2009Press release
The Dutch economy shrank by 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with the same quarter in the previous year.
13-02-2009Press release
There was a dramatic reduction in the amount of unfilled vacancies by 54 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2008 relative to the third quarter.
13-02-2009Press release
Retail turnover rose by 2.6 percent in 2008 relative to 2007. Higher prices almost entirely accounted for the increase. Turnover volume improved marginally.
12-02-2009Press release
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.9 percent in January, the same as in December 2008.
10-02-2009Press release
The number of bankruptcies declined by over 14 percent in 2008 relative to the previous year. The number of personal and one-person business bankruptcies declined considerably, but the amount of bankruptcies of companies and institutions increased in 2008.
22-01-2009Press release
Unemployment averaged 285 thousand in the period October-December 2008, i.e. 3.7 percent of the labour force.
20-01-2009Web magazine
15-01-2009Press release
Retail turnover was 1.5 percent down in November relative to November 2007. The volume of turnover dropped by 4.1 percent, prices rose by 2.6 percent.
08-01-2009Press release
The inflation rate in the Netherlands averaged 1.9 percent in December, i.e. 0.4 percentage points down on November. For the fourth month running, the rate was lower than in the preceding month.
