23-05-2012Economic monitor
Household spending on goods and services was 2.1 percent down in March 2012 on March 2011. Consumer spending has been continuously in decline since the summer of 2011. The decrease in March was more substantial than in the preceding months.
22-05-2012Economic monitor
In May, the mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated again, after having improved in April. The consumer confidence indicator fell by 6 points to –38, virtually equalling the low level it reached in March.
15-05-2012Web magazine
Consumer confidence in the Netherlands has fallen substantially in the space of one year: from -5 in the first quarter of 2011 to -36 in the second quarter of 2012. Among people with the highest incomes confidence has switched from predominantly positive to predominantly negative
14-05-2012Press release
The disposable income of Dutch households was 33.2 thousand euro on average in 2010.
20-04-2012Economic monitor
Household spending on goods and services was 1.3 percent down in February 2012 on twelve months previously.
20-04-2012Economic monitor
The mood among Dutch consumers improved in April. The consumer confidence indicator rose by 7 points to – 32, but consumer confidence is still at a very low level.
30-03-2012Press release
The disposable household income has dropped for the fourth year in a row. Adjusted for inflation, the disposable household income dropped 0.4 percent in 2011, the same as in 2010 and this was largely caused by the fact that the wage increase of 1.8 percent was below the level of inflation (2.3 percent).
28-03-2012Economic monitor
Household spending on goods and services was 1.7 percent down in January 2012 on twelve months previously.
27-03-2012Web magazine
The average Dutch household spent 32,500 euro in 2010. Indirect taxes, for example VAT and excise duties, account for 4,320 euro, i.e. more than 13 cents of every euro spent by Dutch households.
23-03-2012Web magazine
Altogether, 1.8 million households received old age state pensions (AOW) in 2010. Nearly nine in ten households received supplementary pensions and approximately as many generated revenues from private property.
20-03-2012Economic monitor
The mood among Dutch consumer deteriorated again in March, after three months of stability and even marginal improvement. The consumer confidence indicator dropped 3 points in March to -39.
23-02-2012Economic monitor
Household spending on goods and services in December 2011 was 1.3 percent down on twelve months previously. The decline is slightly less substantial than in the preceding months.
21-02-2012Economic monitor
Dutch consumers were slightly less pessimistic in February. Their mood about the economic situation in general was less negative than in January, but willingness-to-buy deteriorated somewhat.
25-01-2012Web magazine
The proportion of over-65 women receiving supplementary pensions has grown over the past decade, though the gender gap is still substantial. Generally, women receive only half the amount male pensioners get.
24-01-2012Web magazine
The personal capital of households in the Netherlands has declined further. On 1 January 2011, the median household capital was 29 thousand euro versus 33 thousand euro early 2010, a decline by 12 percent.
20-01-2012Economic monitor
Household spending on goods and services in November 2011 was 1.2 percent down on November 2010.
19-01-2012Economic monitor
The mood among Dutch consumers did not alter in January. The indicator reflecting the mood among consumers remained stable at -37. Consumers were somewhat less negative about their own financial situation, whereas their confidence in the economic climate deteriorated marginally.
18-01-2012Web magazine
According to European standards, the number of Dutch residents running the risk of poverty or social exclusion is relatively small.
