Investments over 7 percent up in May

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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that, in May 2022, the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 7.3 percent larger year on year. This is mainly because investments in dwellings, buildings and machinery were up.

Investment data have not been adjusted for calendar effects. May 2022 had two working days more than May 2021. According to the CBS Investment Radar, the circumstances for investments in the Netherlands are more or less as favourable in July as they were in May.

Investments in tangible fixed assets (volume)
YearMonthchange (year-on-year % change)
2018June7.5
2018July4.6
2018August6
2018September-6.8
2018October7.6
2018November5.5
2018December-5
2019January6.5
2019February7.2
2019March0.6
2019April8.1
2019May10.6
2019June0
2019July5
2019August17.6
2019September8
2019October5
2019November4
2019December8.7
2020January 2.7
2020February4.3
2020March3.3
2020April-8.7
2020May-16.6
2020June-2.2
2020July-1.2
2020August-18
2020September-1.7
2020October-4.6
2020November-2.2
2020December0.5
2021January-4.7
2021February-7.5
2021March9
2021April9.9
2021May10.2
2021June9.2
2021July2.9
2021August-0.3
2021September-0.1
2021October-2.2
2021November2.1
2021December4.1
2022January-5.6
2022February5.2
2022March-3.8
2022April-2.3
2022May7.3

Investment climate equally favourable in July

Every month, CBS publishes updates on the investment climate in the CBS Investment Radar. Relevant circumstances for the investment climate include, for example, the situation on the sales markets and the financial markets. Although the radar indicators show a strong correlation with the investments in fixed assets, improved circumstances do not necessarily translate into an increased growth rate or less investment decline.

 According to the CBS Investment Radar, the investment climate in the Netherlands in July is virtually just as favourable as in May. The year-on-year decline in goods exports turned into growth, but the year-on-year decline in share prices was more substantial and the interbank interest rate increased.