24-12-2008Web magazine
The Dutch economy dropped from a period of booming to zero growth in the course of 2008. Although economic growth was 2.7 percent on average in the first three quarters compared with the first three quarters of 2007, in the second and third quarters it did not grow at all.
23-12-2008Press release
Figures from Statistics Netherlands put Dutch economic growth at 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2008 compared with twelve months previously. This is the lowest growth rate since the beginning of 2005.
23-12-2008Press release
According to figures from Statistics Netherlands, there were 108 thousand more jobs for employees in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2008 than in the same quarter in 2007. This is an increase of 1.4 percent.
23-12-2008Web magazine
18-12-2008Web magazine
The economic downswing will not necessarily have an immediate effect on household income in the Netherlands. Employment is still growing, and collectively negotiated wage increases are larger for 2008 than for 2007.
04-12-2008Web magazine
The local government level is fairly comprehensive in the Netherlands. But local government, including municipalities and provinces, is to a large extent financially dependent on The Hague, where the central government has its seat.
27-11-2008Web magazine
25-11-2008Article
14-11-2008Press release
Dutch economic growth was 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year.
13-11-2008Web magazine
In the first six months of this year, total Dutch household spending was 1.1 billion down on the first half of 2007. The extra money allowed them to keep up their spending pattern and leave their personal capital intact.
11-11-2008Press release
According to the Kyoto Protocol, the emission of greenhouse gases was reduced by 4 percent over the period 1990-2007.
11-11-2008Web magazine
Net profits of non-financial companies in the Netherlands amounted to 19 billion euro in the second quarter of 2008. This is the lowest level for three years.
06-11-2008Web magazine
07-10-2008Web magazine
Around 178 billion euro of the value Dutch companies on the Amsterdam stock exchange disappeared into thin air in the first nine months of 2008.
25-09-2008Press release
In the second quarter of 2008, the number of jobs of employees increased by 154 thousand (2.0 percent) relative to the same quarter last year.
25-09-2008Press release
Figures from Statistics Netherlands put Dutch economic growth at 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the same period last year.
14-08-2008Press release
According to a first estimate released by Statistics Netherlands, economic growth was 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year.
29-07-2008Web magazine
24-07-2008Web magazine
The non-residential construction sector was booming last year. Companies also invested large amounts in repairs and renovation of non-residential buildings.
22-07-2008Web magazine
In the last thirty years, more and more Dutch consumers have been thinking more positively about putting money into savings accounts. Together with Denmark and Luxembourg, the Netherlands is now one of the EU countries with the most positive attitude towards saving.
17-07-2008Press release
Dutch financial institutions suffered only limited effects of the international credit crisis in 2007. The value of their financial assets diminished by only 32 billion euro as a result of lower exchange rates.
17-07-2008Web magazine
In 2006, foreign influence on the non-financial private sector increased further. Non-financial companies realised a total value added to the amount of 305 billion euro.
15-07-2008Web magazine
Dutch and foreign tourists spent a total 35.3 billion euro in the Netherlands in 2007. This is 5.5 percent more than in 2006.
10-07-2008Press release
Economic growth in Utrecht and Flevoland exceeded 4 percent in 2007, as against 3.5 percent nationwide. Flevoland maintained its leadership position, but has to share it with Utrecht.
08-07-2008Press release
In 2025, there will be 8 million households in the Netherlands, an increase by 800 thousand relative to early 2007.
08-07-2008Web magazine
Employees in the Netherlands saved 840 million euro in life course savings and insurance schemes in 2007. This is 70 million euro less than in 2006.
03-07-2008Press release
There were 172 thousand more employees in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2008 than in the same quarter last year. This 2.2 percent increase is high in a historical perspective, but still lower than the 2.7 percent in 2007.
03-07-2008Press release
Dutch economic growth in the first quarter of 2008 was 3.3 percent on the same period last year. It was realised with one working day fewer than in 2007. This second estimate of economic growth is 0.2 of a percent point higher than the fist estimate published on 15 May.
03-06-2008Web magazine
Value added tax was introduced in the Netherlands in 1969. In that year it generated just over 2.5 billion euro in revenue; nearly 40 years later VAT revenue amounted to nearly 43 billion euro.
15-05-2008Press release
First estimate puts economic growth at 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2008 on the same quarter last year.
29-04-2008Press release
Last year, the average Dutch household had deposited 9,000 euro in Internet savings accounts, as against more than 10,000 euro at the end of 2006.
22-04-2008Web magazine
In 2006, revenues from oil and natural gas extraction were the highest since 1990.
10-04-2008Press release
The real disposable income of Dutch households rose by nearly 4 percent in 2007, the highest growth since 2001.
10-04-2008Web magazine
The Randstad region is the largest economic urban region in the European Union (EU) after Paris, London and Milan, but the per capita production in the Randstad is lower than in many other urban regions.
01-04-2008Press release
The national debt amounted to nearly 254 billion euro by the end of last year, 2 billion euro down on the end of 2006.
27-03-2008Press release
Dutch economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2007 was 4.5 percent relative to one year previously. The second economic growth estimate is 0.1 percentage points higher than the first dating back to 14 February.
27-03-2008Press release
There were 7.8 million paid jobs in the Netherlands in the fourth quarter of 2007. This is an increase by 170 thousand relative to one year previously.
28-02-2008Web magazine
Once in every four calendar years a leap day is intercalated. The year 2008 is a leap year, but the extra day appears to have little effect on the economy.
19-02-2008Web magazine
In 2007, mineral extraction contributed 17 billion euro (more than 3 percent) to the GDP. In recent years, the proportion has grown.
14-02-2008Press release
Based on Statistics Netherlands’ first estimate of fourth quarter growth in 2007, Dutch economic growth in 2007 came to 3.5 percent.
14-02-2008Press release
Dutch consumers borrowed 10.4 billion euro in 2007, the same amount as in 2006.
07-02-2008Web magazine
The market for special structured bonds has grown at a spectacular rate in recent years.
10-01-2008Web magazine
