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Dutch economy grows by 1.5 percent
Dutch economic growth came to 1.5 percent in the third quarter of 2004 compared with the same quarter in 2003. The is the largest increase in the volume of gross domestic product (GDP) in the last...
Household consumption stalling
Dutch households remain reticent in their spending. The volume of domestic household consumption in October 2004, corrected for shopping day patterns, was down 0.1 percent on October 2003. In...
Consumer confidence stable
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence is -27 in November. This is about the same as in October. The decrease in consumer confidence in the last two months has thus not continued...
Household consumption up in the third quarter
The volume of domestic household consumption in the third quarter of 2004 was up by 0.6 percent on the same quarter of 2003. This increase occured mainly at the start of the quarter.
Third quarter economic growth: 1.4 percent
The Dutch economy saw a growth of 1.4 percent in the third quarter of 2004 compared to the third quarter of 2003. This is the highest growth rate in three years. Employment decreased a little less in...
Dutch inflation rate rising fast in October
The Dutch inflation rate rose to 1.4 percent in October. That is 0.4 percent points higher than in September. The increase is mainly due to price developments in car fuels, fresh vegetables and...
Consumption almost unchanged in August
The volume of domestic consumption was 0.1 percent larger in August 2004 than twelve months previously. In July it was 1.7 percent higher than in the same month last year. The average growth in July...
Consumer confidence down
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is 4 points lower in October than in September. This is the second month in a row that consumer confidence has fallen; in...
Lowest inflation rate in fifteen years
Dutch consumer prices were on average 1.0 percent higher in September 2004 than in September 2003. This brings the inflation rate down to the lowest level since June 1989. Compared to August 2004 the...
Job loss increasing to 119 thousand
In the second quarter of 2004 there were 119 thousand employee jobs less than in the second quarter of 2003. This means job losses increased to 1.6 percent. The private sector had 148 thousand fewer...
Consumer confidence down slightly
After correction for seasonal effect consumer confidence in the Netherlands is 3 points lower in September than it was in August. Confidence has been around -20 since July this year. This is the...
Inflation unchanged at 1.1 percent in August
Consumer price index, consumer prices were on average 1.1 percent higher in August 2004 than in August 2003. This is the same rate as in July. Cheaper potatoes, vegetables and petrol curbed inflation...
Producers' confidence unchanged
Producers’ confidence in the manufacturing industry is 0.5 in August. This is the same as in July. Producers’ confidence is now well above the low point in June 2003. In August producers were again...
Consumer confidence stable
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is -19 in August 2004. This is almost the same as in July. This is the highest level for consumer confidence in the last...
Consumption slightly up in June
The volume of domestic consumption was 0.6 percent larger in June 2004 than in the same month last year. Spending on goods was about the same as twelve months previously, while spending on services...