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Interest rate historically low
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.2 percent in January 2012, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on December 2011. In January, the...
Less and less variety in shopping centres
The number of different types of shops to be found in shopping centres is decreasing.
More childless men
Relatively more men born in the period 1945-1964 are childless than women of the same generation. In addition, those who do have children are three years older on average than women born in the same...
Unemployment continues to rise
Figures released by Statistics Netherlands today show that, after adjustment for seasonal effects, unemployment in the Netherlands was 13 thousand higher in February than in January 2014
Retail turnover marginally down
According to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands, May’s retail turnover was 0.6 percent down from May 2012. Retail volume shrank by 3.0 percent, while retail prices were 2.5 percent...
Over 200 hectares of allotment garden liquidations within a decade
In 2006, the total area covered by allotment garden plots in the Netherlands was 3,906 hectares, more than 200 hectares less than in 1996. The number of allotment garden areas and visits to these...
Largest house price increase in 15 years
Prices of owner-occupied houses (excluding new constructions) were on average 7.3 percent higher in March 2017.
Households pay two-thirds of environmental taxes
The polluter-pay principle does not always apply.
municipalities financially dependent on central government
Over two-thirds of the income of Dutch municipalities in 2013 came from central government. Eleven percent of their income came from local taxes. Revenues from local taxes are much lower in the...
Sickness absence at lowest level since 1996
The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands was reduced to 3.9 percent in 2013, i.e. at any one time 39 in every one thousand employees were absent due to sickness. The rate reached...
Volume of stocks of finished products fairly stable
Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 0,1 percent down in March 2014 from twelve months previously. In February, stocks of finished products declined by 1.6 percent.
Economic situation fairly stable
The economic situation has hardly changed in July.
Most pardonee asylumseekers from former Soviet Union
At the end of June 2008, nearly 26 thousand asylumseekers in the Netherlands had been granted leave to remain in the Netherlands indefinitely based on the ‘pardon regulation’ of 2007. Most of these...
Almost half a million people unemployed
In the period March – May 2004 an average of 495 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands. That is 109 thousand more than in the same period last year.In the last three months an average of...
More than 1 million Dutch holidaymakers travelled to winter sports resorts last year
Altogether, 1.051 million Dutch tourists travelled to winter sports resorts in the winter season of 2012. Only long holidays (4 or more overnight stays) are taken into account. The average duration...
Sector non-profit institutions serving households
The institutional sector of the economy consists of foundations and clubs whose resources are principally derived from voluntary contributions from households and from property income. Examples are...