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Share of teleworking employees growing
Over the past years, the share of employees working from home has risen to nearly one in three in 2012. Half of employees could take leave whenever they wanted and more than one in five could set...
Slight rise in energy prices
An average Dutch households paid 1.5 percent more for its gas and electricity in January 2008 than in the previous month.
Unemployment continues to grow
According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation grew by 19 thousand in July to reach 694 thousand.
Unemployment further up
Seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 7 thousand in April 2013 to reach 650 thousand.
manufacturing turnover falls for third year in a row because of low oil prices
Manufacturing turnover in the Netherlands fell slightly in 2014: by 0.5 percent. This is the third consecutive year that manufacturing turnover has decreased. One of the causes of the decrease was...
Number of jobs continues to fall
The number of jobs of employees was 137 thousand lower in the second quarter of 2013 than in the same period of 2012, a reduction by 1.7 percent.
Most young children do not travel unaccompanied
Three quarters of children aged between 4 and 12 did not travel unaccompanied in 2010.
More bankruptcies again
Over 9 300 bankruptcies were pronounced in 2004. This is 7 percent more than in 2003. The increase occurred mainly among natural persons (private individuals with or without single-owner company)....
Producer confidence hardly changed
Producer confidence among Dutch manufacturers has hardly changed in December 2019.
Imports/exports; change of ownership; volume and price, changes; 1995-2018
Imports and exports of goods Index figures and changes
Manufacturing output almost 1 percent down in August
The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 0.8 percent down in August 2019 compared to the same month one year previously.
Share of Dutch exports in world market rising again
The Dutch export share in world trade grew in 2016 and 2017 after a decline following the credit crisis.
Household consumption over 1 percent up in December
Dutch household consumption was 1.2 percent up in December 2017.
Confidence among manufacturers improves further
Confidence among Dutch manufacturers stood at 7.8 in March. They are especially more positive about their future output.
Dutch manufacturers more optimistic
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), confidence among Dutch manufacturers improved in March.
Gross fixed capital formation by enterprises; monthly
The purpose is to give quick information about developments in the volume of gross fixed capital formation in tangible assets by Dutch enterprises, households and non-profit institutions.
Year-on-year manufacturing output increased again
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was up by 2.1 percent in October 2015 from the same month last year. This is mainly due...
International trade up in September
The volume of goods imports into the Netherlands was 7 percent higher in September 2005 than in September 2004. The volume of exports was 5 percent higher than twelve months previously.
Spending on health care and welfare levels off
According to the most recent figures, the costs of health care and welfare amounted to 87.6 billion euro in 2010, a 3.6 percent increase relative to 2009. Over the period 2004-2008, the costs of care...
Number of vacancies again drops sharply
The sharp decline in the number of unfilled vacancies continued into the first quarter of 2009.
Modest growth for exports
The volume of exports of goods was 2.0 percent up in April 2014 from April 2013. The growth was slightly more substantial than in the preceding months, when the relatively mild weather conditions...