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23-12-2010Economic monitor In the third quarter of 2010, the number of jobs of employees was 13 thousand down on the same quarter of 2009. Employment decline is gradually slowing down.

23-12-2010Economic monitor The Dutch economy grew by 1.9 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2009 versus 2.2 percent in the second quarter compared to last year’s second quarter.

26-11-2010Economic monitor The amount of hours worked in temp jobs increased by 3 percent in the third quarter of 2010 compared to the second quarter. Adjusted for seasonal variation, the index figure (2005=100) for the number of hours worked in stage A was 110.8, as against 107.6 in the previous quarter.

12-11-2010Economic monitor After adjustment for seasonal effects, 126 thousand jobs were vacant at the end of September 2010, 11 thousand more than at the end of June.

12-11-2010Economic monitor In the third quarter of 2010 there were 17 thousand fewer jobs of employees than in the same quarter of 2009. Employment is gradually declining less.

12-11-2010Economic monitor The Dutch economy grew by 1.8 percent in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2009. In the second quarter the economy grew by 2.2 percent.

23-09-2010Economic monitor There were 63 thousand fewer jobs of employees in the second quarter of 2010 than in the second quarter of 2009, i.e. a decline by 0.8 percent. The decline is less substantial than in the previous three quarters, when the number of jobs each quarter fell by nearly 2 percent.

23-09-2010Economic monitor The Dutch economy grew by 2.2 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period in 2009. The increase was clearly more substantial than in the first quarter, when the economy grew by 0.6 percent.

27-08-2010Economic monitor The number of hours worked in temp jobs increased by nearly 5 percent in the second quarter of 2010 compared to the first quarter.

13-08-2010Economic monitor After adjustment for seasonal effects, 115 thousand jobs were vacant at the end of June 2010, a thousand more than at the end of March. The public sector accounted for the modest increase; the number of vacancies in the private sector remained unchanged.

13-08-2010Economic monitor The Dutch economy grew by 2.1 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period in 2009. The increase was clearly more substantial than in the first quarter, when the economy grew by 0.6 percent.

13-08-2010Economic monitor There were 82 thousand fewer jobs of employees in the second quarter of 2010 than in the second quarter of 2009; a decline of 1.0 percent.

24-06-2010Economic monitor The number of jobs of employees was 156 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a decline by 2.0 percent.

24-06-2010Economic monitor The Dutch economy grew by 0.6 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2009.

28-05-2010Economic monitor The Dutch number of hours worked in temp jobs dropped by more than 1 percent in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the fourth quarter of 2009.

12-05-2010Economic monitor After adjustment for seasonal effects, 113 thousand jobs were vacant at the end of March 2010 in the Netherlands, 11 thousand fewer than at the end of December.

12-05-2010Economic monitor The number of jobs of employees was 145 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a fall of 1.8 percent. The decrease is in the same order of magnitude as in the fourth quarter of 2009.

12-05-2010Economic monitor The Dutch economy grew by 0.1 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2009. The marginal increase was preceded by five quarters of negative growth.

25-03-2010Economic monitor The number of jobs of employees was 147 thousand lower in the fourth quarter of 2009 than one year previously, a decrease by 1.8 percent. In the third quarter of last year, 139 thousand jobs were lost compared to the same period in 2008.

25-03-2010Economic monitor The Dutch economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. The decrease was much smaller than in the first three quarters of 2009.

26-02-2010Economic monitor The number of hours worked in temp jobs dropped by 2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 relative to the third quarter.

12-02-2010Economic monitor After adjusting for seasonal effects, 122 thousand jobs were vacant by the end of December 2009, a decrease by 6 thousand relative to the end of September.

12-02-2010Economic monitor The Dutch economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. The decrease is much smaller than in the first three quarters of 2009

12-02-2010Economic monitor The number of jobs of employees in the Netherlands was 147 thousand lower in the fourth quarter of 2009 than one year previously. This is a 1.8 percent decrease.