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Inflation rate at 2.0 percent in January
January’s inflation rate was 2.0 percent, an increase by 0.1 percentage points relative to December, when the annual price increase was 1.9 percent.
Job vacancies remain at record level
The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands remains high.
Retail turnover up again
Dutch retail turnover was again higher in 2007 than in the preceding year. The growth rate was 3.7 percent.
Fewer individual insolvencies and company liquidations in 2007
The number of business failures declined further in 2007 to just under 8 thousand, a decrease by 13 percent relative to 2006.
Unemployment down by nearly 70 thousand in 2007
Last year, an average of 344 thousand people were unemployed, i.e. 69 thousand fewer than in 2006.
No turnover growth for non-food sector
In November 2007, retail trade turnover increased by 3.5 percent relative to the same month one year previously. Non-food shops, on the other hand, only realised a marginal turnover increase compared...
Dutch consumers spend more despite slump in consumer confidence
Consumer confidence dropped dramatically in September. This was caused by bad news about the state of the economy. Nevertheless, the level of household spending was retained.