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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.
Consumption down in November
In November 2003 the volume of domestic consumption was 3.1 percent down on the same month of 2002. Consumers spent less on durable goods in particular. About half the decrease in domestic...
Producer confidence hardly changed
Producer confidence among Dutch manufacturers hardly changed in October 2019.
Household consumption 3 percent up in April
Dutch household consumption was 3 percent up in April 2018.
Household consumption 2.6 percent up in November
Dutch household consumption was 2.6 percent up in November 2017.
More lorry journeys with cleaner engines
Lorry journeys by engine emission standard (European emission standard for lorries)
Manufacturing output up in July
The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 3 percent up in July 2017.
SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 Responsible consumption and production. SDG 12 goals include reducing waste, food wastage and pollution and increasing efficiency of materials use.
Consumer spending up by more than 2 percent in May
Dutch consumer spending was more than 2 percent up in May 2017 from May 2016.
Manufacturing output up again
The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 3.9 percent up in May 2017.
Manufacturing output up in January
The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 1.5 percent up in January 2017.
Equal year-on-year consumer spending
Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was equal in April compared to April 2015.
Growing confidence among manufacturers
Growing confidence among manufacturers
1 in 10 innovative firms claim world-first innovation
19 thousand Dutch companies implemented technological innovations in the period 2012-2014.
Dutch consumer spending marginally up from one year previously
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 0.6 percent up in December 2015 from December 2014. The CBS Consumption Radar...
More young people earn minimum wage
The number of minimum wage jobs has risen marginally over the period 2008-2012. The increase mainly occurred among 20 to 30-year-olds.
Economic growth 0.5 percent in Q1 2016
Economic growth 0.5 percent in Q1 2016
Senior secondary vocational students cost more than higher education students
Dutch education spending rose in 2007, but by less than in previous years.
Wealthy baby boomers
Post-war baby boomers are relatively wealthy. Households, in which the main breadwinner is aged between 50 and 65, are relatively often found in the highest income brackets and more often than people...
Unemployment marginally lower
In June this year, 441 thousand persons in the Netherlands were unemployed, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force versus 4.9 percent in June 2009.
Considerable increase youth unemployment
Unemployment in the young population is rising rapidly; from 9.3 percent in the second quarter of 2008 to 11.4 percent in the same period this year. Young people are often the first to suffer the...
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).