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Retail turnover 5 percent down
Retail turnover declined by 4.8 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2008.
Number of vacancies again drops sharply
The sharp decline in the number of unfilled vacancies continued into the first quarter of 2009.
Slightly lower inflation in the Netherlands
The inflation rate in April 2009 was 1.8 percent. This is 0.2 percent point lower than in March.
Dutch utilisation capacity rate exceptionally low
The industrial capacity utilisation rate in the Netherlands is exceptionally low. In April 2009, manufacturing industry used over 74 percent of total output capacity available.
Manufacturing industry expects investments to drop by 10 percent
Manufacturers anticipate a 10 percent drop in investments in 2009 relative to last year.
Unemployment mounting
An average of 341 thousand persons (4.4 percent of the labour force) were unemployed in the period January-March 2009.
Loss of turnover retail sector 8.5 percent
Retail turnover in February 2009 reduced by 8.5 percent relative to one year previously.