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Seasonally adjusted unemployment averaged 394 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2006, a reduction by 11 thousand relative to the period September-November 2006.

Household spending on goods and services was 0.5 percent up in July 2014 from July 2013. In May and June household spending was approximately at the same level as one year previously.

According to the latest figures 262 thousand native Dutch, 104 thousand residents with a non-western background and 52 thousand with a western background were seeking employment last year.

The number of income support benefits paid to people younger than 65 years has risen for the third quarter in a row.

The economic situation at the end of July is slightly less negative than at the end of June. Although improvements outnumber deteriorations, the heart of the scatter in the Business Cycle Tracer is...

The real disposable income of Dutch households rose by nearly 4 percent in 2007, the highest growth since 2001.

According to the most recent figures, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation increased further in August 2012 by 4 thousand to reach 514 thousand.

In 2013, the number of children attending day care centres has fallen for the second year in a row. On 31 December 2011, 322 thousand 0 to 3-year-old children attended day care centres versus 284...

Waste by categories Origin and destination of waste

Since the subsidy on solar electricity systems was abolished in 2003, sales of solar electricity systems on the Dutch market have plummeted. Last year, few new systems were added. Nevertheless, Dutch...

Last year, 70 thousand people, nearly twice as many as in 2008, thought their chances of finding employment was so low that they have stopped looking for work altogether. Especially among 55 to...

A person who works for his/her own account and risk. For this two perspectives are used: 1) Self-employed person (socioeconomic perspective) A person who works for his/her own account and risk - in...

According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 1.8 percent up in January 2015 from January 2014. This was the most substantial...

In the second quarter of 2009, the relocation rate declined by 10 percent relative to one year previously.

The total asparagus-growing area in the Netherlands has increased substantially since 2008 by 450 hectares (18 percent) to more than 2,900 hectares.

Macroeconomic theory; Disequilibrium theory; fixed price theory; unemployment; classical unemployment, Keynesian unemployment; repressed inflation; regime switches; economic transitions

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was 1.6 percent up from the preceding quarter. In the third quarter, the amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs...

Dutch consumers spent 1.7 percent more in October 2019 than in October 2018.

Dutch consumers spent 2.4 percent more in May 2019 than in May 2018.