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Modest turnover growth sector business services
Turnover generated by providers of business services in the second quarter of 2013 was 0.3 percent above the level of the same period last year. This marginal improvement follows two quarters of...
Fewer employees with permanent contract
The composition of the employed labour force in the Netherlands has changed in the last ten years. It now comprises fewer employees with a permanent position, but more with flexible contracts and...
National accounts of the Netherlands 2011
The national accounts are the official overview statistics of the Dutch economy. These statistics play a central role in economic and monetary policy-making and policy analysis and are indeed the...
Dutch economy shrinks by 1.1 percent
According to the first provisional estimate, the Dutch economy shrank by 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year.
Economy declines by 0.7 percent
The Dutch economy declined by 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. In the third quarter, the economy had still grown by 1.1 percent compared to the third...
Fewer compulsory redundancies in 2010
In 2010, 105 thousand people in the Netherlands were made redundant. The number of compulsory redundancies was higher in 2009, at 122 thousand.
Large rise in number of hotel guests
Dutch hotels accommodated 19.2 million guests in 2010, 7.7 percent more than in 2009. The number was nearly the same as in record year 2007.
Credit crisis deeper but not as long as the crisis in the early 1980s
In crisis year 2009, the Dutch economy contracted more than ever before. The crisis was followed by a period of moderate growth (1.8 percent). The economy bounced back faster than in the early 1980s,...
Economic recession affects bonuses in 2009
Last year, the average annual wage increase of employees was 2.5 percent relative to 2008.
More turnover and more profit in Dutch health care institutions
The turnover of health care institutions increased greatly in 2009, as it had in 2008, despite the recession in the Netherlands. Profits also rose substantially.
Dutch satisfied, but large contrasts between groups
Even in times of economic recession, most Dutch people are satisfied with many aspects that determine quality of life.
Number of divorces temporarily down in 2009
Last year, 31.7 thousand marriages were dissolved in Dutch courts, slightly fewer than in 2008, when 32.9 divorces were legally terminated. The decrease appears to be temporary as the number of...
Residential building output slumps 44 percent
The recession has obviously affected the construction sector in the first quarter of 2010. The number of dwellings completed in the first quarter of 2010 was more than 44 percent lower than in the...
Economy shrinks in all provinces
The economy shrank in all twelve provinces in 2009.
Slight economic recovery
The Dutch economy shrank by 3.7percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008.
Retail turnover 4.3 percent down
Retail turnover declined by 4.3 percent in October 2009 relative to the same month last year.
Sharp drop in building permits for own homes
Dutch municipalities issued building permits for 32 thousand dwellings in the first half of 2009. This is nearly 10 percent down on the same period last year.
Defence-to-GDP ratio down
In 2008, public expenditure on defence totalled 8.2 billion euro, i.e. 1.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), as against 1.5 percent five years ago and 1.8 percent a decade ago.
Considerable increase youth unemployment
Unemployment in the young population is rising rapidly; from 9.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008 to 11.4 percent in the same period this year. Young people are often the first to suffer the...
Over a quarter of Dutch companies laying off workers to withstand recession
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.
Recession pushes down sea shipping rates
Prices in Dutch sea shipping were 15.5 percent lower in the first quarter of this year compared with the previous quarter. Shipping companies have substantially reduced rates for container transport...
Pregnancy as an indicator of economic recessions?
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is studying the possibilities of improving statistics with innovative methodologies, such as big data sources. Research findings from the US gave rise to the question...