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More poverty in 2009
Poverty has grown in the Netherlands in 2009 and after a long period of decline, the percentage of poor children has increased last year.
International
International collaboration
Q2 2021: sharp turnover rebound for accommodation and food services
The sector rebounded strongly in Q2, but is still far from the pre-COVID level.
Entrepreneurs in COVID-impacted sectors are pessimistic
In Q1 2021, business confidence has declined slightly and is still negative.
Measuring online platforms
Measuring online platforms: definitions, actors and statistical challenges
Households lost purchasing power in 2004
Real spendable household income fell again in 2004. Enterprises made more profits.
Dutch consumers equally positive in January
Dutch Consumer Confidence stands at +25 in December.
Dutch house prices also up in June
Prices of owner-occupied houses, excluding new constructions, were on average 2.2 percent higher in June 2014 than in June 2013. This was the third month in a row with increasing year-on-year prices.
Issue (securities)
The issuing of securities (stocks and bonds) by companies or government to attract new funds.
Consumer prices 1.3 percent up in July
The Dutch consumer price index (CPI) was 1.3 percent higher in July 2017 than in July 2016.
Consumer prices 1.1 percent up from one year previously
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.1 percent higher in June 2017 than in June 2016.
Wage restraint
A reduction in the pay increases of contractual wages. The main reason is to use the money saved to create new jobs or limit reductions.
Financial leasing
All purchases of new or second hand material fixed assets that became available for production during the reporting year and will be used for more than one year, that were obtained through financial...
Intermediate consumption
The goods and services consumed as inputs by a process of production, which are transformed into new products at the end of the process such as raw materials, semi-manufactured goods, services of...
Manufacturing output prices almost 14 percent up in July
Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were on average 13.9 percent up in July year-on-year.
More heat-related deaths, mainly in long-term care
In week 33 (10 to 16 August inclusive), when the Netherlands was struck by a heat wave, there were mainly more deaths among people receiving long-term care (Wlz).
Smaller decline private sector investments
In August 2010, the volume of corporate investments in tangible fixed assets was 1.5 percent down on August 2009. This decline is less substantial than in July, when private sector investments were...
average inflation rate over 2015 lowest since 1987
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the inflation rate over 2015 averaged 0.6 percent, the lowest increase in consumer prices since 1987. Falling oil prices in particular kept inflation low.
Manufacturers less optimistic
In August 2021, Dutch manufacturers were less optimistic than in July.
Health insurance
Until 31 December 2005 Dutch health insurance was divided into a collective and a private part. The collective part was based on the Compulsory Health Insurance Act (ZFW) and the Exceptional Medical...
Retail trade
Sale of new and/or used goods not produced by the seller to consumers (not professional users).
Average mortgage rate
The average rate for all new mortgages on houses and home/commercial property combinations entered in the land register in the reporting period.
Sustainable development key focus at StatCom annual meeting
The UN has established seventeen sustainable development goals for the period 2015 to 2030.
Life expectancy at age 65 to be 20.82 years by 2026
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) projects life expectancy at age 65 to be 20.82 years in 2026. Policy makers will use this figure in setting the future state pension (AOW) entitlement age.