23-12-2010Press release
The number of jobs of employees in the third quarter of 2010 was 13 thousand (0.2 percent) down on the third quarter of 2009.
23-12-2010Announcement
Dutch economic growth in the third quarter of 2010 was 1.9 percent compared with the third quarter of 2009. This second estimate of economic growth is 0.1 of a percent point higher than in the first estimate published on 12 November.
16-12-2010Web magazine
In 2009 the Netherlands had the second highest level of prosperity in the EU.
09-12-2010Web magazine
The production of goods and services bought by households cause greenhouse gas emissions. On average a household in the Netherlands causes over 22 tons of CO2 equivalents in emissions.
03-12-2010Web magazine
Due to the economic crisis, investments in knowledge and know-how by the Dutch private sector were more than 7 percent down in 2009 from 2008. Such a substantial decrease has not occurred in the period 1987-2008.
25-11-2010Web magazine
In the first nine months of 2010, the value of bonds increased by more than 23 billion euro. In this period, the value of newly issued bonds minus paid-off bonds was 27 billion euro.
18-11-2010Web magazine
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused to meet the economic needs of Dutch consumers were nearly 6 percent lower in 2009 than in 1996, but the total amount of global greenhouse gas emissions as a result of Dutch consumption, the so-called carbon footprint, has not changed.
12-11-2010Press release
Dutch economic growth in the third quarter of 2010 reached 1.8 percent compared to the same quarter of 2009.
02-11-2010Press release
Even in times of economic recession, most Dutch people are satisfied with many aspects that determine quality of life.
23-09-2010Press release
In the second quarter of this year, 63 thousand jobs of employees (0.8 percent) were lost compared to the second quarter of 2009.
23-09-2010Announcement
Dutch economic growth was 2.2 percent in the second quarter of 2010 compared with the same quarter last year. This second estimate of economic growth is 0.1 of a percent point higher than the first estimate published on 13 August.
09-09-2010Web magazine
The public debt of the Netherlands remained stable in the first quarter of 2009. The debt-to-GDP ratio was just above the EMU limit of 60 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), whereas the debt ratios of other European countries mounted in the course of 2009.
31-08-2010Web magazine
In the first six months of 2010, Dutch companies quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange have paid more than 7 billion euro in dividends to their shareholders, an increase by 300 million euro relative to 2009. Nearly one quarter was paid as optional
31-08-2010Web magazine
An old saying runs as follows: ‘Sell in May and go away, but remember come back in September.’ This well-known proposition suggests that share prices follow a specific pattern throughout the year.
13-08-2010Press release
The Dutch economy grew by 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2010 relative to the same quarter in 2009.
03-08-2010Web magazine
Last year, 169 billion euro was paid out in social security benefits, i.e. 30 percent of the total amount earned by all Dutch. Two thirds of social security concern old age provisions and support given to ill people.
27-07-2010Web magazine
Last year, employees saved 908 million euro in life course schemes, an increase by over 10 percent relative to 2008. They withdrew more than 164 million euro in 2009, over 35 percent more than in the preceding year.
20-07-2010Web magazine
Dutch and foreign tourists spent 35.2 billion euro in the Netherlands last year, 3.8 percent less than one year previously. If price changes are taken into account, the decline was even more dramatic (4.7 percent).
07-07-2010Web magazine
Non-financial companies in the Netherlands repaid 3.0 billion euro more on outstanding loans than they borrowed in new loans in the first quarter of 2010. The credit crisis and uncertain economic prospects have led companies to borrow less than they repay for a year now.
24-06-2010Press release
In the first quarter of this year, 156 thousand jobs of employees (2.0 percent) were lost compared to the first quarter of 2009. If seasonal effects are taken into account, 56 thousand jobs were lost relative to the fourth quarter of last year.
24-06-2010Announcement
12-05-2010Press release
The Dutch economic growth in the first quarter of 2010 at 0.1 percent compared with the same quarter last year.
07-05-2010Press release
The economy shrank in all twelve provinces in 2009.
27-04-2010Press release
The aggregate amount deposited in bank savings accounts by Dutch households exceeded 2.4 billion euro at the end of 2009, approximately a fourfold increase relative to twelve months ago.
07-04-2010Press release
The capital owned by Dutch households has grown by 136 billion euro in 2009, the most substantial increase ever recorded in the span of one year. This means that 57 percent of the capital that evaporated in 2008 as a result of the global financial crisis was regained in 2009.
31-03-2010Press release
The government deficit over 2009 stood at 5.3 percent of the GDP, as against a government surplus of 0.7 percent of the GDP in 2008.
25-03-2010Press release
In the fourth quarter of last year, 147 thousand jobs of employees were lost compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, a reduction by 1.8 percent.
25-03-2010Announcement
The Dutch economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter in 2008. This second estimate is unchanged from the first estimate published on 12 February 2009.
18-02-2010Web magazine
The Dutch government issued bonds and short-term loans worth nearly 240 billion euro on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, about three quarters of newly issued bonds last year. The government requires extra money to fund its expenses.
12-02-2010Press release
Dutch economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 relative to the same quarter one year previously.
11-02-2010Press release
Dutch households took out nearly 9.7 billion euro in consumer credit in 2009, i.e. 1.2 billion down on 2008 and the lowest level of the past decade.
26-01-2010Web magazine
Dutch companies quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange paid out more than 10 billion euro in dividends to their shareholders in 2009, a decrease by 8 billion euro relative to 2008. Financial companies in particular paid out less.
07-01-2010Web magazine
In the third quarter of 2009, the overall disposable income of Dutch households was 3.0 billion euro (i.e. 3.3 percent corrected for inflation) down on one year previously, but their financial capital grew in the second and third quarter of last year, mainly due to positive price developments on the financial markets.
