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Manufacturing output prices up by over 4 percent
Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were over 4 percent up in August 2017 year-on-year.
GDP growth rate remains 1.5 percent in Q2 2017
GDP showed a 1.5 percent growth in Q2 2017 relative to Q1 2017.
Price increase manufacturing almost 10 percent
Prices of products manufactured in the Netherlands were almost 10 percent up in March 2017 from last year.
Largest increase in consumer spending in six years
Dutch consumer spending was 2.8 percent up in November 2016 from November 2015; the largest increase in 6 years.
North Sea provides a quarter of a million full-time jobs
The activities by Dutch enterprises on and around the North Sea provide jobs, directly or indirectly, to almost a quarter of a million people.
Dutch shipbuilding industry increasingly important in Europe
Last year, 12 percent of European shipbuilding industry turnover was realised in the Netherlands, as against more than 7 percent in 2000. The market share in commercial vessels grew considerably from...
Economic situation more or less stable
According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in June was about the same as in May. The economic situation is still fragile, the recovery has come to a virtual...
Number of job vacancies still high
The number of job vacancies remained high in the fourth quarter of 2005. After correction for seasonal effects, there 169 thousand job vacancies at the end of 2005.
Disposable household income lower in 2010
The disposable household income in 2010 was lower than in 2009. After correction for inflation, the decline was 1.4 percent, but consumer spending was 0.4 percent higher.
More entrepreneurs in the Netherlands
The number of people setting up their own business in the Netherlands has gradually risen since the 1990s, but the proportion of business owners was still lagging behind the EU 15 average in 2006....
retailers sell more in first quarter of 2015
Dutch retailers sold 2.0 percent more in terms of volume in the first quarter of 2015 than in the same period last year. This is the fourth quarter in a row that retail sales were up. The volume...
Disposable household income further down
The disposable household income has dropped for the fourth year in a row. Adjusted for inflation, the disposable household income dropped 0.4 percent in 2011, the same as in 2010 and this was largely...
Dutch manufacturers less optimistic
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), confidence among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated in December. They were less positive, in particular about their future output. The producer confidence...
More spending on care mainly due to larger care volume
In 2011 the rise in the Dutch care volume was primarily responsible for the rise in care expenditure. The Dutch care volume grew faster in 2011 than in 2010.
Lower year-on-year selling prices in manufacturing industry
In May 2015, prices of Dutch manufactured products were 5.0 percent down from May 2014. In April this year, prices were 5.6 percent below the level of twelve months previously. Prices of manufactured...
Fewer unemployed
In the period February-April 2010, unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 459 thousand.
Export food products hit by Russian import ban comes to virtual standstill
After the trade barriers between the Russian Federation and the European Union became effective, the value of export of food products to Russia was reduced almost by half. Exports of machinery and...
fewer young people in the Caribbean Netherlands than in the Netherlands have a side job
Around three in ten young people in the Caribbean Netherlands are employed. It is more difficult for young inhabitants on the islands than those who live in the European part of the Netherlands to...
year-on-year selling prices manufacturing industry further down
In June 2015, prices of Dutch manufactured products were 5.4 percent down from June 2014. In May this year, prices were 4.9 percent below the level of twelve months previously. Prices of manufactured...
retail sales up again, after five years of decrease
Dutch retail sales grew again in 2014, for the first time since 2008. After two years of decreasing turnover, retail turnover rose by 0.5 percent. The fourth quarter in particular contributed to...
Dutch use less water
Consumption of tap water in the Netherlands fell slightly between 2003 and 2006. Although the population increased, water consumption did not. Industrial tap water consumption fell by 2 percent less...
Record number of houses completed in 2009, prospects less favourable
In 2009, nearly 83 thousand were finished, an increase by more than 5 percent relative to one year previously and the highest number of reported completions since 1999.