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The Dutch economy grew by 0.1 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2009. The marginal increase was preceded by five quarters of negative growth.

After adjustment for seasonal effects, 113 thousand jobs were vacant at the end of March 2010 in the Netherlands, 11 thousand fewer than at the end of December.

In April this year, 485 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt.

Dutch inflation rose to 1.1 percent in April 2010. This is 0.1 of a percent point higher than in March.

In April 2010, Dutch inflation was 1.1 percent, i.e. 0.1 of a percent point up on March.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.3 percent in April, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point less than in March.

In March, factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were nearly 8 percent up on March 2009. The price increase was somewhat more substantial than in February, when prices were 6 percent higher than...

The economic situation at the end of April was about the same as it was at the end of March. Most indicators in the Business Cycle Tracer are still in the recession stage. Fourteen of the fifteen...

In April 2010, Dutch manufacturers were less pessimistic than in March 2010. The producer confidence index rose from -3.1 to -1.4, the highest level in eighteen months.

Manufacturers had reduced their stocks of finished products by more than 16 percent in February relative to February 2009.

In April, the number of business services providers expecting turnover to increase in the next three months easily outnumbered those expecting a decline. However, the difference was somewhat less...

In February, the volume of goods exports was 11 percent up on twelve months previously versus 8 percent in January, but it should be taken into account that the substantial downturn in exports...

manufacturing companies in the Netherlands expect to invest 2 percent less in 2010 than in 2009.

In the spring of 2010, Dutch manufacturers estimated that investment would be 2 percent lower in 2010 than in 2009.

In the period January–March 2010, seasonally adjusted Dutch unemployment stood at 447 thousand, an increase of 6 thousand on the period December 2009–February 2010.

472 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period January-March 2010.

Last year, the Netherlands exported more than 395 billion euro worth of goods and services. The value of imports amounted to 354 billion euro, resulting in a trade surplus of over 41 billion euro,...

According to the price index of existing owner-occupied houses prices of houses sold in March 2010 were on average 3.5 percent down on March 2009.

The mood among Dutch consumers has deteriorated in April 2010. The consumer confidence indicator stands at -15, against -12 in March. Consumers were clearly more pessimistic about the future.

Household spending on goods and services was 1.1 percent lower in February 2010 than in February 2009. In January, household spending was 0.7 percent down on one year previously. Households have been...

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.4 percent in March 2010, the same rate as in February.

In March 2010, Dutch inflation was 1.0 percent, i.e. 0.2 percentage points up on February.

The retail turnover was 4.0 percent lower in February 2010 than in the same month last year.

In February, Dutch retailers faced a 4 percent loss of turnover relative to February 2009. Retail prices were more than 1 percent higher than one year previously. As a result, retail volume shrank by...

In March this year, 640 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, i.e. an increase by more than 70 compared to the preceding month.