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Two thirds unemployed because jobs were axed or temporary contract expired
In the second quarter of 2013, the employed labour force was reduced by more than 150 thousand relative to the first quarter. For two thirds the main reason for unemployment was that their jobs were...
More bankruptcies again
Over 9 300 bankruptcies were pronounced in 2004. This is 7 percent more than in 2003. The increase occurred mainly among natural persons (private individuals with or without single-owner company)....
Budget surplus up to 1.9 percent of GDP in mid-2018
Government revenues were nearly 5 billion euros higher in the first six months of 2018 than in the same period last year. This resulted in a year-on-year increase in the budget surplus, equivalent to...
Inflation in Caribbean Netherlands down again
Inflation in the Caribbean Netherlands in terms of the consumer price index (CPI) continued to fall in the first quarter of 2015. On Bonaire and St Eustatius inflation was even negative. This is the...
Largest turnover growth in 11 years for retail sector
Dutch retail sector achieved 5.5 percent turnover growth in November year-on-year.
8 in 10 working millionaires are self-employed
Eighty percent of working millionaire breadwinners are self-employed.
Quality
Quality assurance of CBS
Most Dutch agree on home mortgage interest deduction
Voters hardly disagree on a ban on same-sex marriages, abolition of the mortgage interest deduction and tax cuts. They do disagree on the issues of development aid and illegal immigration.
Labour price index; index figures 2006=100, 2001-2013
Labour price index; wage costs per hour worked Branches SIC 2008
Election results Dutch Lower House, 1918-2006
Voters, turnout, total votes, invalid votes, valid votes and distribution of seats by political party in the Dutch Lower House
More inbound fruit shipments in first half of 2020
In the first six months of 2020, reefer cargo shipments were 2.8 percent up in volume relative to one year previously.
One-third of GDP is earned through exports
Exports of goods and services generate one-third of gross domestic product (GDP) in the Netherlands. Earnings are highest from exports to Germany, the United Kingdom and Belgium.
From 2016 more detailed insight into developments in consumer prices
From 2016 a more detailed classification of goods and services ECOICOP will be put into use for the National and European consumer price indices CPI and HICP.