Dossier Business cycle

The business cycle represents the short-term fluctuations in economic growth. These are alternate periods of stronger growth (upturn) and slower growth (downturn) or even negative growth (crisis). The most commonly used indicator for an economy’s development is the gross domestic product (GDP). Aside from GDP, the Dossier Business cycle includes a number of other important indicators that provide an indication of short-term economic developments. Visualisations such as the Business Cycle Tracer (BCT) and various radars also illustrate the Business cycle.

Business Cycle Indicators

Investments over 9 percent up in January

Consumers less gloomy in March

House price decrease in February

Inflation rate up to 8.0 percent in February

More bankruptcies in February
-2.9%

Manufacturing output almost 3 percent down in January
+6.2%

Household consumption over 6 percent up in January

Economic outlook more negative

Increase in manufacturing output prices levelled off further

Producer confidence hardly changed

Exports up by almost 5 percent in December

Data visualised

The Household Consumption Radar is an instrument developed by Statistics Netherlands to analyse developments in consumption by Dutch households and place them in some sort of context

Household consumption radar

Investment radar

Exports Radar

Business cycle tracer dashboard

Monitor of Wellbeing and SDGs Caribbean Netherlands 2022

Business cycle

Economy dashboard

In-depth articles

House prices over 6 percent higher in October