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Incomes rising slightly, household debts continue to fall
In the first quarter of 2014 the net real disposable income > of households was 0.2 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2013. It is the first rise in two years. Household debt fell by 2.4...
growth care expenditure at lowest level in 15 years
Last year, total spending on care rose by 1.6 percent, i.e. less than in prior years. This is partly due to the fact that the growth in medicine consumption slowed down and the average price level of...
Wind energy cost-ineffective without public financial support
As yet, the production of wind energy is still cost-ineffective, but public financial support compensates for the losses.
Fewer participants in work reintegration schemes
The number of people taking part in work reintegration schemes in the Netherlands fell by nearly 28 thousand between 2010 and 2012. Fewer young people, in particular, were offered a place under a...
GDP growth rate 0.8 percent in Q2 2018
According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), GDP showed 0.8 percent growth in Q2 2018.
Lower CO2 emissions in Q1 2019
IIn Q1 2019, CO2 emissions in the Netherlands were down by 0.8 percent year-on-year.
EU webshops generate €1.6 billion in the Netherlands
In 2018, Dutch consumers purchased around 1.6 billion euros (excl. VAT) worth of products from foreign EU webshops.
Retail turnover stable
Retail turnover stable
Large income gap between working fathers and mothers
In 2011, the average gross annual wage of female employees was 33 thousand euro, i.e. 55 percent of the average income of their male colleagues who earned 58 thousand euro. The gender income gap is...
year-on-year growth manufacturing output for fourth month in a row
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was 3.6 percent up in June 2015 from the same month last year. For the fourth month in a...
0.8 percent turnover growth for retail trade sector in January
Statistics Netherlands announced today that retail turnover was 0.8 percent up in January 2015 from January 2014. The volume of sales grew further in January; retail prices fell slightly faster than...
Producer confidence rises considerably
The mood among Dutch manufacturers has improved substantially in April 2015 according to Statistics Netherlands. The producer confidence indicator increased from 1.4 in March to 3.3 in April.
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.
Large companies more sensitive to economic situation than small and medium-sized businesses
Large companies are much more sensitive to the economic situation than medium-sized and small businesses (MKB).
Disability benefits down by 175 thousand in the space of ten years
At the end of June 2013, 818 thousand people in the Netherlands were claiming a disability benefit, 175 thousand fewer than at the end of December 2002, when the record number of claimants was...
Personal capital households reduced in 2012
The median personal capital of households in the Netherlands was 27 thousand euros on 1 January 2012, a reduction by 10 percent relative to the beginning of 2011.
Income support claimants stable in 2004
The number of people claiming income support in the Netherlands remained fairly stable in 2004. The number of people receiving unemployment benefit did increase, but the rise has slowed down...