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In January, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. down 0.3 percentage points on December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months

Manufacturing turnover was 3 percent up in December 2009 on December 2008, whereas in November manufacturing turnover was 4 percent down on November 2008

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.5 percent in January. The rate has hardly changed compared to December 2009.

Factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were 1 percent higher in December 2009 than one year previously. Prices rose for the first time after a year of price cuts.

The volume of goods exports was 2 percent smaller in November 2009 than twelve months previously. In October, the decrease was 6 percent. The reason the decrease was smaller in November is that the...

Dutch Manufacturers reduced their stocks of finished products by more than 12 percent in November 2009 relative to November 2008. Since March 2009, stocks have continually been smaller than one year...

In January, the number of Dutch business services providers expecting turnover to increase outnumbered those expecting a decline by 14 percent, as against 3 percent in December.

In January 2010, Dutch manufacturers were somewhat more pessimistic than in December 2009. The producer confidence index fell from -8.1 to -8.3, but manufacturers were much more optimistic about...

Interest on the latest ten-year government bond was 3.4 percent in December 2009. Interest on Dutch government bonds is currently below the eurozone average.

Consumer confidence hardly changed in January 2010. The indicator stood at -10, as against -11 in the preceding month. As a result of this minor improvement, the upward trend in consumer confidence...

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses sold in December were on average 5.3 percent lower than in December 2008.

Dutch household spending on goods and services was 2.7 percent lower in November 2009 than in November 2008.

In the period October–December 2009, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 425 thousand, an increase of 11 thousand on the period September - November.

Retail turnover dropped by 6.4 percent in November 2009 relative to the same month one year previously.

In November 2009, Dutch retailers faced more than 6 percent loss of turnover compared to November 2008. retail prices were nearly 1 percent higher than one year previously.

The volume of goods exports was 2 percent smaller in November 2009 than twelve months previously. In October, the decrease was 6 percent. The reason the decrease was smaller in November is that the...

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods obviously slumped in November 2009. Prices of imported and exported goods were respectively 2.1 and 6.1 percent down on one year previously.

In December 2009, 540 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands went bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies was reduced by more than 40 relative to November.

In December 2009, Dutch inflation was 1.1 percent, i.e. an increase by 0.1 percentage points compared to November. Inflation in the Netherlands increased for the fifth month running.

December’s inflation rate was 1.1 percent, that is 0.1 percent points up on November.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.4 percent in December, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point less than in November.

Factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were 4 percent lower in November 2009 than one year previously.

The economic situation was slightly better at the end of December than at the end of November.