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Sharp drop in building permits for own homes
Dutch municipalities issued building permits for 32 thousand dwellings in the first half of 2009. This is nearly 10 percent down on the same period last year.
number of bankruptcies stable
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the number of bankruptcies, adjusted for the number of court session days, was approximately the same in July 2015 as in June.
Economic growth 2.4 percent in second quarter 2007
Dutch economy improved 2.4 percent in the second quarter of 2007 relative to one year previously.
Unemployment further down in September
Unemployment has fallen for the fifth consecutive month in September.
GDP growth rate 0.4 percent in Q3 2019
According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands GDP expanded by 0.4 percent in Q3 2019 relative to the previous quarter.
Retailers face turnover loss
Dutch retailers faced a 3 percent turnover loss in July 2009 relative to one year previously.
Retail turnover 5.5 percent down
Retail trade turnover in the third quarter of 2009 was 5.5 percent down on the same quarter one year previously.
Employment marginally down
The number of employee jobs declined by 8 thousand (0.1 percent) in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter.
Decline manufacturing output less substantial
The average daily production realised by Dutch manufacturing industry was nearly 2 percent down in February 2013 from February 2012. The decline was less substantial than in January, when output was...
Manufacturing output prices over 2 percent down in January
Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were on average 2.2 percent down in January year-on-year.
23 thousand people with a non-Dutch nationality start up their own business
One in six new firms started up in the Netherlands in 2014 were owned by persons with at least one non-Dutch nationality.
Sickness absence rate up slightly in 2009
The sickness absence rate among Dutch employees was 4.6 percent on average in the fourth quarter of 2009. This is slightly higher than in the same quarter in 2008, when it was 4.4 percent.
CO2 emissions slightly higher as production grows
The CO2 emissions by the Dutch economy were up by 0.4 percent in the third quarter of 2014 on the same quarter of 2013. When corrected for differences in the weather CO2 emissions were 1.0 percent...
Nearly 18 billion euro paid out in dividends in 2008
Dutch companies quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange paid out nearly 18 billion euro in dividends in 2008. The total return was marginally lower than in 2007.
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 stable in May
According to the most recent figures, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation stood at 489 thousand in May, almost the same as in April.
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.
Over 9.5 thousand bankruptcies filed in 2011
According to the latest figures 9,531 bankruptcies were filed last year, approximately as many as in 2010.
Retail turnover 4.3 percent down
Retail turnover declined by 4.3 percent in October 2009 relative to the same month last year.