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Inflation rate marginally up
Dutch inflation stood at 2.5 percent in January 2012, i.e. 0.1 percentage points up on December 2011.The marginal increase is mainly due to changes in petrol, natural gas and electricity prices.
Unprecedented decline in household consumption in April
Consumers spent 17.4 percent less in April 2020 than one year previously. This is the sharpest contraction in domestic household consumption CBS has ever recorded.
Largest turnover growth in 2 years for temp agencies
Turnover generated by temp agencies increased by 2.5 percent in Q4 2017.
Again turnover growth in sector hotels and restaurants
Again turnover growth in sector hotels and restaurants
Continued growth manufacturing output
Continued growth manufacturing output
Dutch consumer considerably more positive
The mood among Dutch consumers improved in June.
Dutch inflation up sharply
Dutch inflation was 2.9 percent in October. This is the highest inflation rate in the last four years. In September, inflation was 2.3 percent.
One quarter of private sector investments in foreign hands
Foreign companies accounted for nearly one quarter of private sector investments in the Dutch economy in 2010. French companies account for the largest foreign share.
Fewer people changed jobs in 2009
Between 2008 and 2009, 773 thousand people changed jobs, a decrease by more than 100 thousand relative to the period 2007-2008. Changing jobs often also implies a change of working environment.
Growth Dutch economy slows down
The Dutch economy grew by 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year. The growth was considerably less substantial than in the first quarter, when the gross...
National Landscape conservation areas cover one fifth of the Netherlands
The 20 National Landscape conservation areas in the Netherlands cover nearly 900 thousand hectares, i.e. more than 20 percent of the total Dutch land area.
More self-employed people without personnel in the third quarter of 2010
In the third quarter of 2010 there were 708 thousand self-employed people without personnel in the Netherlands, up 27 thousand on the previous year. The economic crisis slashed the number of...
More vacancies
The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands rose by 17 thousand in the second quarter of 2006.
Number of job vacancies stable
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 115 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of June 2010.
Dutch economy contracts by 0.8 percent
The Dutch economy contracted by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011.This negative growth was realised with one working day extra. In the fourth quarter of...
Further increase hours worked in temp jobs
Adjusted for seasonal variation, the total amount of hours worked in temp jobs increased by 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2014 relative to the preceding quarter. The number of hours worked in...
Economy grows by 0.2 percent
Taking into account the working-day pattern and seasonal effects, the Dutch economy grew by 0.2 percent in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the second quarter. The Dutch economy shrank by 0.4...
Fewer extra hours worked in second half of 2009
Last year, 38 percent of employees were doing overtime on a regular basis. This percentage has hardly changed in recent years and also remained stable during the economic crisis.
Inflation rate drops marginally
Dutch inflation was 2.6 percent in October, 0.1 percentage points lower than in September. Prices charged for airline tickets and petrol largely accounted for the decline.
More women than men opt for high-level mbo subjects
In secondary vocational education (mbo), women more often than men opt for training programmes at a higher level. Programmes with an emphasis on socio-pedagogical subjects are particularly popular.
Marginal consumption growth
Dutch households spent 0,2 percent more on goods and services in November 2013 than in November 2012. This is the first increase in nearly two and a half years.