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Fewer jobs
In the second quarter of this year, 55 thousand jobs of employees (a decline by 0.7 percent) were lost relative to the second quarter of 2011. Employment was down in many sectors relative to one year...
Higher bonuses for employees in 2011
The average bonus of employees has risen by 5 percent in 2011. On average, the highest bonuses were paid in the sectors mineral extraction and financial services.
Inflation rate rises to 1.0 percent
Inflation rate rises to 1.0 percent
Job vacancies remain at record level
The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands remains high.
Stocks of finished products down
Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were down by 5.2 percent in July 2013 relative to July 2012. In June, stocks of finished products declined by 2.9 percent.
Number of job vacancies stable
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 115 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of June 2010.
Producers' confidence plummets across EU
Dutch manufacturers’ confidence has been knocked off its feet in the last two months. Manufacturing companies in nearly all countries of the EU have become much more sombre about their prospects.
Special drawing right
The reserves created by the International Monetary Fund which can serve as a payments between the members of the Fund.
Consumer prices on Saba and St Eustatius 10 and 7 percent higher than on Bonaire
In 2015, consumer prices on Saba and St Eustatius are 10 and 7 percent higher than on Bonaire. The previous price level survey was conducted in 2010. Consumer prices on Saba and St Eustatius were...
Sportsman/sportswoman
Someone who has been active in sports at least once in the twelve months before the survey.
Accident
An event that occurs suddenly and involuntarily where an external cause leads to physical injury not caused by deliberate violence or food poisoning.
Strong rise in retail sales
Dutch retailers realised 9.7 percent more turnover in August 2006 than in the same month last year.
Fewer sailing boats, more motorboats
There were 800 marinas with a total 138 thousand berths in the Netherlands at the end of 2006. Although the overall mooring capacity had hardly changed since 2000, the number of large marinas was one...
Ageing population pushes up spending on state pensions
According to figures published by Statistics Netherlands today, spending on state old-age pensions has risen by nearly a quarter since 2008, to 32.7 billion euros in 2013. By the end of 2013, over...
Fewer women to receive 'kitchen sink subsidy'
In 2007 over 1.1 million people received the general levy discount, as against 1.3 million at the moment of introduction in 2001. In nine out of ten cases, the recipients of this subsidy mockingly...
Manufacturing output slightly up
In November 2012, the average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 0.7 percent up on November 2011.
Immigration reaches record level
Net population growth in the Netherlands numbered 76 thousand people in 2008, nearly 30 thousand more than in 2007.