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The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 7 percent up in May 2010 on May 2009. In April, output was 10 percent above the level of April 2009

In June, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. 0.2 of a percentage point down on May. The decrease was mainly caused by developments in prices of petrol and clothing.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 2.9 percent in June 2010, i.e. 0.1 of a percent point lower than in May. This is the...

In May, factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were 10.5 percent up on one year previously. The increase was in the same order of magnitude as in April. In the preceding months, price rises...

In April, the volume of goods exports was nearly 17 percent up on twelve months previously. As a result, the volume of exports has increased further in the first months of 2010. It should be taken...

In June, the number of business services providers expecting turnover to decrease in the next three months outnumbered those expecting an increase.

The producer confidence index declined marginally in June 2010.

The Dutch economy grew by 0.6 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2009.

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...

The number of jobs of employees was 156 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a decline by 2.0 percent.

According to the house price index of existing own homes – a joint publication by Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry Office – prices of houses sold in May 2010 were on average 2.2 percent...

The mood among consumers has deteriorated over the past few months. This was also the case in June.

In April 2010, household spending on goods and services was 0.2 percent up on April 2009. The growth was more modest than in March, when households spent 0.7 percent more than one year previously.

In the period March-May 2010, the number of unemployed persons in the Netherlands averaged 437 thousand, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force versus 4.6 percent in the same period last year.

In the period March–May 2010, seasonally adjusted unemployment totalled 431 thousand, a decline by 7 thousand on the period February–April 2010.

In April, the volume of goods exports was more than 17 percent up on twelve months previously. As a result, the volume of exports has increased further in the first months of 2010. It should be taken...

Dutch retailer turnover in April almost equalled the level in April 2009. Retail prices were nearly 2 percent up on one year previously.

In April 2010, retail sales were 0.2 percent down on the same period one year previously.

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in April 2010 relative to April 2009. Prices of imported goods were 9.0 percent higher, while prices of exported goods rose by 7.0...

In May this year, 420 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, a decline by more than 70 relative to April. May is the second month in a...

Dutch retailers generated over 3 percent more turnover in March than in March 2009. Turnover increased for the first time after more than a year of losses compared with the same period one year...

Dutch inflation dropped to 1.0 percent in May, i.e. 0.1 percentage points lower than in April. At the same time, the inflation rate in the eurozone has risen.

In May, Dutch inflation was 1.0 percent, i.e. 0.1 percentage points down on April. The small decrease was mainly caused by petrol price developments.