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The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.5 percent in November, the same rate as in October.

Factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were nearly 9 percent lower in October 2009 than in October 2008. The price drop was much less substantial than in September, when manufactured products...

The number of hours worked in temp jobs dropped by 3 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the second quarter.

Household spending on goods and services was 3.4 percent lower in September than in September 2008. In August, spending dropped by 3.8 percent. Domestic household consumption has been lower than one...

Last month, Dutch manufacturers were clearly more optimistic. In October, producers expecting exports to increase in the next quarter for the first time in twelve months outnumbered those...

In November 2009, the number of Dutch business services providers expecting their turnover to increase outnumbered those expecting a decline.

Investment spending foreseen for 2010 is much less negative than that in 2009. Manufacturers anticipate a limited decrease of 1 percent.

Companies in the Dutch manufacturing industry expect to invest 10 percent less in 2009 than in 2008.

Prices of Dutch existing owner-occupied houses sold in October 2009 were on average 5.2 percent down on October 2008.

The mood among consumers has lifted. Consumer confidence improved from -19 in October to -14 in November. Consumers’ opinions on the economic situation in the next twelve months were far more...

Seasonally adjusted unemployment reached 403 thousand in the period August-October 2009, breaking the 400 thousand barrier for the first time in nearly three years.

In the period August–October 2009, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 403 thousand, an increase by 4 thousand relative to the period July-September.

The Dutch economy shrank by 3.7 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year. This decrease is considerably smaller than the decrease in the first half of the year....

The volume of goods exports was more than 7 percent smaller in September 2009 than one year ago, as against nearly 8 percent in August. The volume of goods imports shrank by nearly 14 percent in...

In September 2009, Dutch retailers faced over 5 percent loss of turnover compared to September 2008.

After adjusting for seasonal effects, 128 thousands jobs were vacant in the Netherlands by the end of September 2009. This virtually equals the number vacant at the end of June.

The number of unfilled vacancies has stabilised in the third quarter of 2009.

The Dutch economy shrank by 3.7percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. The decrease is much smaller than in the first two quarters of 2009. Compared with the...

Retail trade turnover in the third quarter of 2009 was 5.5 percent down on the same quarter one year previously.

The number of jobs of employees was 143 thousand lower in the third quarter of 2009 than one year previously.

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in September 2009. Prices of imported and exported goods were respectively 9.5 and 11.1 percent down on one year previously.

Dutch manufacturing turnover was 21 percent lower in September 2009 than one year previously.

The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was almost 8 percent down in September 2009 on September 2008.