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

The capital owned by Dutch households has grown by 136 billion euro in 2009, the most substantial increase ever recorded in the span of one year. This means that 57 percent of the capital that...

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

In February, factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were over 6 percent up on February 2009. In January, prices of manufactured products were nearly 5 percent higher than twelve months previously.

The volume of goods exports was nearly 10 percent larger in January than twelve months previously. In December, the volume of exports was only 2 percent up. It should be taken into account that the...

In March 2010, the mood among Dutch manufacturers was less pessimistic than in February 2010. The producer confidence index rose from -5.0 to -3.1. This improvement was caused by the fact that...

In March, the number of business services providers expecting turnover to increase in the next three months easily outnumbered those expecting a decline. Optimists outnumbered pessimists by 25...

Household spending on goods and services was 0.7 percent lower in January 2010 than in January 2009. In December, household spending still was 2.5 percent down on one year previously. Households have...

Manufacturers had reduced their stocks of finished products by more than 14 percent in January relative to January 2009. The decrease in January was somewhat larger than in the five preceding months.

The number of jobs of employees was 147 thousand lower in the fourth quarter of 2009 than one year previously, a decrease by 1.8 percent. In the third quarter of last year, 139 thousand jobs were...

The Dutch economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. The decrease was much smaller than in the first three quarters of 2009.

In the fourth quarter of last year, 147 thousand jobs of employees were lost compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, a reduction by 1.8 percent.

According to the price index of existing owner-occupied houses – a joint publication by Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry Office – prices of houses sold in February 2010 were on average...

An average of 441 thousand people (5.7 percent of the labour force) were unemployed Netherlands in the period December 2009–February 2010, as against 4.1 percent one year previously.

In the period December 2009–February 2010, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 441 thousand, an increase by 5 thousand compared to the period November 2009–January 2010.

The mood among Dutch consumers has hardly changed in March 2010. The consumer confidence indicator stands at -12, as against -13 in February.

In January 2010 retail turnover dropped by 4.9 percent relative to January 2009. Turnover volume declined by 6.2 percent. Retail prices were raised by 1.4 percent, mainly due to higher fuel prices.

In January, Dutch retailers faced a 5 percent loss of turnover compared to January 2009.

The volume of goods exports was nearly 11 percent larger in January than twelve months previously. In December, the volume of exports was only 2 percent up. It should be taken into account that the...

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated substantially in January 2010. Prices of imported goods were 4.1 percent up on one year previously, while prices of exported goods...

In February this year, 560 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies increased by more than 70 compared to...

In February, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. 0.1 percentage points down on January. Inflation fell for the second month in a row.