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Dutch households spent 2.3 percent less on goods and services in March 2014 than in March 2013. Households used far less natural gas in the first months of 2014 than in the same period in 2013 due to...

Selling prices in Dutch manufacturing industry were 3.8 percent higher in March than twelve months previously.

Output prices of Dutch manufacturing industry were 0.4 percent higher in January 2013 than in January 2012. The price increase was smaller than in December, when manufacturing prices were 2.0 percent...

The retail sector faced 5.2 percent turnover loss in March 2013 relative to March 2012. Retail prices were 2.6 percent up, whereas the volume of retail sales was down by 7.7 percent.

The mood among Dutch consumers remained gloomy in May, the consumer confidence index stood unchanged at -10. Consumers were less confident about the economic situation in general. Their willingness...

In March 2011, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were over 6 percent up on March 2010.

Dutch manufacturers were a bit more pessimistic in March 2013 than in February. The producer confidence indicator dropped from – 3.6 to – 4.8. In the preceding months, the mood among manufacturers...

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were nearly 12 percent higher in November 2011 than in November 2010. The increase was approximately the same as in October.

Dutch manufacturers realised a turnover growth of 13 percent in April 2011 relative to April 2010. The growth rate was less substantial than in February and March. Turnover growth was almost entirely...

Retail turnover was over 1 percent up in December 2011 from December 2010.

Dutch manufacturers were just as negative in June as in May; the producer confidence indicator crept up from -4.2 to -4.1.

The mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated in June compared with May, after having improved for three consecutive months. Consumer confidence fell by 4 points to -36.

In July 2011, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were nearly 12 percent up on July 2010. Growth was more substantial than in the preceding months. In May and June, manufacturing stocks were...

Dutch consumers were less negative in April than in March. The consumer confidence indicator climbed 6 points to -35. In March, the mood had also been less negative than in the preceding month,...

In February 2011, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were over 2 percent up on February 2010. For the second month running, stocks of finished products were higher than one year previously.

The Dutch economy grew by 2.8 percent in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period one year previously, the most substantial increase in almost three years.

Household spending on goods and services was 0.3 percent higher in May 2011 than in May 2010, approximately the same as in the four preceding months.

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were nearly 1 percent down in September 2012 on September 2011. The decrease was smaller than in August, when stocks decreased by nearly 3 percent compared...

Household spending on goods and services in September 2011 was 2.0 percent down on September 2010.

Cooperation with other stakeholders, including government and scientific institutions, is crucial for CBS to perform its statutory task well. It helps raise the quality of existing statistical...

During the last months of 2013, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were higher than twelve months previously. In December 2013, stocks of finished products were 0.6 percent up from December...

The average daily output generated in Dutch manufacturing industry was more than 3 percent higher in March 2011 than in March 2010.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, unemployment in the Netherlands numbered 691 thousand people in February 2014, 13 thousand more than in the preceding month. In December 2013 and January 2014,...

The average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry in April 2012 was approximately the same as in April 2011. In March, output was nearly 2 percent up from one year previously.