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Number of open job vacancies down

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 101 thousand job vacancies were unfilled by the end of last year, i.e. a decrease by 7 thousand relative to the previous quarter.

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Retail turnover marginally down

Dutch retailers faced 1.7 percent turnover loss in October 2010 from October 2009. Retail prices were 1.3 percent higher, volume shrank by 3.0 percent.

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Unemployment continues to fall

An average 284 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period July-September 2008. This is the equivalent of 3.7 percent of the labour force. In the same period last year the...

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Building permits at historic low

In 2013, more than 26 thousand building permits for new houses were granted, a decline by 30 percent relative to 2012. The decline over the last quarter was less substantial.

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Marginal turnover growth in hotels and restaurants sector

In the fourth quarter of 2012, the sector hotels and restaurants achieved 0.6 percent turnover growth relative to the same period in 2011.

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Inflation rises sharply to 2.9 percent

Inflation in the Netherlands rose to 2.9 percent in October. This is the highest rate of inflation in the last four years.

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Unemployment hardly changed

In the period April-June this year, average unemployment was 310 thousand, i.e. 4.0 percent of the labour force versus 4.6 percent in the period April-June 2007.

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Retail turnover slumps by nearly 4 percent

Retail turnover declined by 3.6 percent in July 2009 relative to the same month last year.

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Modest growth retail turnover

According to the most recent figures, retail sales in the first quarter of 2011 were 1.7 percent up on the same period last year. Turnover growth is entirely due to price increases.

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Fewer new commercial vehicles sold

The number of new commercial vehicles sold in the first quarter of 2009, was 30 percent lower than in the same quarter of 2008. Sales of second-hand commercial vehicles remained all but stable.

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Unemployment dips below 300 thousand

In the period June-August 2008, the number of unemployed persons averaged 294 thousand, i.e. 3.8 percent of the labour force, as opposed to 4.4 percent in the same period last year.

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Quoted companies pay less dividend to shareholders

In the first three quarters of 2009, companies quoted on the stock exchange paid 8.6 billion euro less in dividends to their shareholders. They also bought back nearly 1 billion euro worth of own...

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Providers of business services more optimistic about future turnover

In October, business services providers anticipating turnover growth during the next three months outnumbered those anticipating a downturn. With + 29, the index was higher than in September (+ 19).

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Starting one-man businesses have better chances of survival

Three quarters of one-man businesses launched in 2009 were still active in 2012. Their chances of survival were higher than for one-man businesses launched in 2007.

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Retail turnover further down

In January 2010 retail turnover dropped by 4.9 percent relative to January 2009. Turnover volume declined by 6.2 percent. Retail prices were raised by 1.4 percent, mainly due to higher fuel prices.

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Retail turnover up slightly

Figures show that retail turnover was nearly 1 percent higher in August 2012 than in the same month last year. Prices rose by 1.9 percent, while the volume of sales fell by 1 percent.

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New method for job vacancies

On Wednesday 12 May 2010, Statistics Netherlands will publish a press release on job vacancies, with the outcomes of the vacancy statistics for the first quarter of 2010.

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Job wages on Bonaire averaged 2,050 USD in 2017

In 2017, average job wages on Bonaire amounted to 2,050 USD gross per month. On Saba and St Eustatius, this was 2,285 and 3,150 USD respectively.

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Discrete models for survey data

Dissertation on models for discrete and categorical data in surveys, including estimations of interviewer variance, measurement errors in mixed modes, small area estimators, risk of statistical...

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Capital stock; national accounts 1995-2016

Capital stock; volume changes SIC 2008; institutional sectors and asset types

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