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More people find employment, in particular young people
The number of people who found jobs during the past three months has grown by an average of 6 thousand a month. Most of them are young.
Manufacturers more pessimistic
The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated in March. The producer confidence indicator stood at – 2.6 versus – 1.5 in February.
More employed develop burnout symptoms
The proportion of employed developing burnout symptoms has grown between 2007 and 2010. The burnout rate is marginally higher among higher educated than among lower educated and relatively low among...
More businesses and institutions bankrupt
In April this year, 700 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt, i.e. 174 up from March 2014.
Providers of business services more optimistic about future turnover
In October, business services providers anticipating turnover growth during the next three months outnumbered those anticipating a downturn. With + 29, the index was higher than in September (+ 19).
Again more turnover in Dutch retail trade
In February 2006 the turnover in retail trade was up by 4.5 percent on February 2005.
Slightly more job vacancies
The vacancy indicator provides a quick indication of the trend in job vacancies in the private sector. The indicator improved further in November, but pessimism still prevails among private...
More old-age pensioners, but the number who are living together with their adult children remains stable
The number of over-40s with at least one parent still alive has risen tremendously over the past decade. Despite the increase, the number of households where adult children are living together with...
More difficult for young unemployed to find work
Statistics Netherlands announced today that nearly 100 thousand young people in the 15-26 age bracket, who no longer participated in education or training programmes were unemployed in the first...
More people unemployed in December
According to figures today, the number of unemployed people rose by 12 thousand to 642 thousand.
Slightly more job vacancies
The vacancy indicator provides a quick indication of the trend in job vacancies in the private sector. The indicator improved further in December.
More asylum seekers in 2018
The number of asylum requests increased again in 2018, with a notable rise in the number of Turkish citizens filing asylum applications.
Care expenditure up by 1.2 percent in 2022
In 2022, public spending on care and welfare including child care amounted to 126.2 billion euros. This is 1.5 billion euros (1.2 percent) higher than in 2021.
More Caribbean Dutch in employment in 2018
In 2018, the labour participation rate on the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands was higher than two years previously.
Most substantial year-on-year house price increase in more than 7 years
Prices of owner-occupied houses (excluding new constructions) were on average 3.5 percent higher in September 2015 than in September 2014, the highest year-on-year price increase since April 2008,...