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Provincial authorities expect to receive 1.441 billion euro from the surcharge on motor vehicle tax in 2011. This is 1.9 percent more than in 2010, and the smallest increase since the turn of the...

The value of retail sales was 4.1 percent down in December 2012 from December 2011.

In the third quarter of 2011, retail turnover grew by 0.3 percent relative to the same period last year. Retail prices were 2.9 percent higher, volume declined by 2.6 percent.

According to the latest figures, 135 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of March this year, i.e. an increase by 7 thousand relative to the preceding quarter. Nearly all sectors contributed...

In March 2008, retail turnover decreased by 3.4 percent relative to the same period last year. For the first time in nearly 3 years, Dutch retailers faced declining sales.

The number of jobs of Dutch employees was down by 140 thousand in the third quarter of 2009 on the year before.

The most recent figures show that retail turnover growth was 1.6 percent in May relative to May 2011. Retail prices were 1.8 percent higher, retail volume shrank 0.2 percent.

Dutch retailers booked nearly 3 percent less turnover in April 2009 than in the same month last year.

There were 63 thousand fewer jobs of employees in the second quarter of 2010 than in the second quarter of 2009, i.e. a decline by 0.8 percent. The decline is less substantial than in the previous...

In the second quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 51 thousand higher than in the same quarter of 2010, an increase by 0.6 percent. For the third consecutive quarter, employment was...

Unemployment averaged 285 thousand in the period October-December 2008, i.e. 3.7 percent of the labour force.

GDP, GDP per capita, Value added, Compensation of employees, Labour input by region

According to the most recent figures retail sales were 0.7 percent down in July 2011 on the same month last year.

Retail turnover was 1 percent up in December 2011 on December 2010. The average price increase in the retail sector was 2.5 percent; retail volume shrank by 1.5 percent.

Households spent 1.2 percent more on goods and services in May this year than in the same month last year.

In the second quarter of 2007, retail turnover grew by 3.1 percent relative to the same period one year previously.

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In both the Netherlands and the rest of the EU, unemployment has stopped declining in recent months.

Inflation remained stable in May. Just like in March and April consumer prices were on average 1.8 percent higher than one year previously.

In the period May-July 2008, unemployment averaged 308 thousand, i.e. 4.0 percent of the labour force.