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Number of hours worked in temp jobs increased further
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the total amount of hours worked in temp jobs increased by 2.5 percent in the third quarter relative to the second quarter of 2015. This increase is...
Most substantial year-on-year house price increase in more than 7 years
Prices of owner-occupied houses (excluding new constructions) were on average 3.5 percent higher in September 2015 than in September 2014, the highest year-on-year price increase since April 2008,...
Tourist spending dramatically down
Dutch and foreign tourists spent 35.2 billion euro in the Netherlands last year, 3.8 percent less than one year previously. If price changes are taken into account, the decline was even more dramatic...
Turnover security branch down
Turnover generated by the security and investigation branch in the third quarter of 2013 was down from the same period last year. Turnover declined for the second consecutive quarter.
More cars, fewer freight vehicles
The number of cars has increased sharply this century: from over 6.3 million in 2000 to nearly 8 million in 2015, a 25 percent increase. Motorcycle and moped numbers also increased, but freight...
Sharp fall in business-related hotel stays
The number of nights spent in Dutch hotels by people on business trips fell by 6 percent in 2008, to 15.7 million. The fall has been continuing in 2009: in the first five months the number of nights...
Number of job vacancies stable
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 115 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of June 2010.
Dutch economy contracts by 0.8 percent
The Dutch economy contracted by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011.This negative growth was realised with one working day extra. In the fourth quarter of...
Contribution commercial services to the economy remained stable
The contribution of commercial services to the Dutch economy remained stable over the past decade. In the 1980s and 1990s, services became increasingly important.
More vacancies
The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands rose by 17 thousand in the second quarter of 2006.
Retail turnover up by nearly 2 percent
Turnover in the retail trade was 1.9 percent higher in May this year than in the same month last year. This is mainly the result of higher prices.
Number of job vacancies marginally up
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 137 thousand vacacancies were open by the end of June, i.e. 2 thousand more than one quarter previously.
Inflation rate down to 1.9 percent
The inflation rate in the Netherlands averaged 1.9 percent in December, i.e. 0.4 percentage points down on November. For the fourth month running, the rate was lower than in the preceding month.
Birth rate up for the first time since 2000
In the first nine months of this year, 140 thousand children were born, nearly 3 thousand more than in the same period last year.
Unemployment rises to over 8 percent
According to figures released today by Statistics Netherlands, seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Netherlands rose by 30 thousand in March, to 643 thousand people.Figures published by UWV – the...
Medical care consumption by older people in the low-income brackets
In 2006 more 55 to 80-year-olds living on long-term low incomes consulted medical specialists and physiotherapists than people in the same age category with incomes above the low-income threshold.