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Household spending over 1 percent up in November
Dutch consumers spent 1.3 percent more in November 2019 than in November 2018.
More than half of Dutch people work full-time
In 2019, just over half of the Dutch working population had a working week of 35 hours or more. Approximately 8 percent worked more than 40 hours per week on average.
Spending in European webshops up by 15 percent
In Q1 2018, Dutch consumers spent around 400 million euros (excl. VAT) on products sold by foreign EU webshops.
Costs of water management continue to rise
Water tax proceeds have risen from 1,130 million euro in 1995 to 2,165 million euro in 2009. The water tax rate has risen nearly twice as fast as the inflation rate.
Collectively negotiated wage increases substantially larger
Collectively negotiated wage rates were 3.4 percent higher in the second quarter of 2008 than twelve months previously. This increase is substantially larger than in the first quarter, when wages...
Downturn wood industry less dramatic than in last quarter 2012
In the second quarter of 2013, turnover generated by the wood industry was 11 percent down from the second quarter of 2012, but the downturn was less dramatic than in last year’s fourth quarter.
Vocational education suffers loss as a result of civic integration
From a financial point of view, 2007 was a poor year for vocational and adult education in the Netherlands. The financial position of regional training centres (Regionale Opleidingscentra, or ROCs),...
Price drop manufactured products levels off
Factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing industry were 12.5 percent lower in August 2009 than in August 2008. The price drop was less substantial than in July, when prices of manufactured products...
No further slump factory gate prices manufacturing industry
Dutch manufactured products were nearly 14 percent cheaper in June 2009 than in June 2008. The price drop was virtually the same as in May. In June, factory gate prices were over 1 percent up on May...
Economy drops from boom to zero growth
The Dutch economy dropped from a period of booming to zero growth in the course of 2008. Although economic growth was 2.7 percent on average in the first three quarters compared with the first three...