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Second estimate: Dutch economy growing slightly faster than previously estimated
The second estimate of economic growth - published by Statistics Netherlands today - shows that Dutch economic growth was 0.7 percent higher in the second quarter than in the first quarter. The flash...
Dutch economy more sustainable
The Dutch economy is becoming more and more environmentally sustainable.
Second estimate first quarter 2012: Dutch economy shrinks 0.8 percent
The Dutch economy shrank by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same quarter last year. This second estimate of economic growth is 0.3 of a percent point higher than the first...
Changes on the job market manifest in more modest increase CAO wages
In the first quarter of 2010, collectively negotiated (CAO) wages were 1.6 percent higher than one year previously. Since early 2009, the increase in CAO wages was reduced by more than half.
Imports/exports; change of ownership; volume and price, changes; 1995-2018
Imports and exports of goods Index figures and changes
Imports of new cars and light motor vehicles; index 2010=100, 2005 - 2017
Importers of new cars. Turnover: index 2010 = 100, change.
Gross domestic product of the Caribbean Netherlands
Gross domestic product (GDP) of the Caribbean Netherlands
Caribbean Netherlands, Bonaire: employed population; economic activity 2010
Employed population Bonaire by economic activity
Marginal increase workers from Bulgaria and Romania
Since 1 January 2014, people from Bulgaria and Romania no longer need a work permit if they want to work in the Netherlands. As a result, the number of Bulgarian and Romanian job-seekers coming to...
Modest but sustained job growth
The number of jobs of employees in the third quarter of 2010 was 13 thousand (0.2 percent) down on the third quarter of 2009.
Unemployment further up
According to the latest figures published by Statistics Netherlands, seasonally adjusted unemployment grew by 16 thousand in June 2013 to reach 675 thousand.
Increase labour costs at lowest level in two decades
Last year, the labour costs per year of employment increased by 1.4 percent, the smallest increase since 1989. The average annual increase over the past decade was 3.3 percent.
Increase in temporary contracts with prospect of permanent appointment
More and more employees in the Netherlands have a temporary employment contract that offers the likelihood of a permanent appointment. Most of them are younger employees
Bankruptcy rate substantially down
According to Statistics Netherlands, 464 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in June 2013, i.e. 88 fewer than in May 2014 and the lowest number in three...
Savings in groundwater and tap water use
In spite of the increase in the population, the amount of tap water used by Dutch households hardly changed in the period 1990-2009.
Robust increase number of vacancies
The number of unfilled vacancies increased by 37 thousand in the third quarter of 2005. Corrected for seasonal effects, there were 174 thousand open vacancies at the end of September 2005.
The Netherlands: transit port for Japanese products to Europe
Goods imports from Japan amounted to 8.4 billion euros in 2013. The Netherlands is mainly a transit country for Japanese products to Europe. Three-quarters of the imported goods were re-exported...
Half of employees experience aggression in the workplace
Last year, 48 percent of employees in the health care sector had to cope with workplace aggression, versus 33 percent of all employees.