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The construction sector suffered most from the economic recession in 2012. Output fell by more than 8 percent, turnover by 7 percent.

The total volume of goods exports grew by 4.3 percent in December year-on-year. Growth was higher than in the previous month.

Young people with non-western background still lagging behind in socio-economic terms compared to their native Dutch counterpartsIn socio-economic terms.

Turnover of courier service companies was more than 2 percent higher in the fourth quarter of 2010 than in the fourth quarter of 2009. This is the first turnover growth since the global recession set...

The non-residential construction sector was booming last year. Companies also invested large amounts in repairs and renovation of non-residential buildings.

In September, the volume of exports of goods was about the same as twelve months previously. In July and August, the growth rate still was around 3 percent. The volume of imports was 2 percent higher...

Sometimes data are missing from surveys and registers, for example because a respondent cannot or will not answer a question. One way to cope with such missing values is to impute valid values, so...

At the request of the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Statistics Netherlands’ Centre for Policy Related Statistics has compiled custom-made tables on people who first claimed income...

In September 2010, household spending on goods and services was 1.5 percent up on September 2009. Household consumption growth was marginally higher than in August (1.4 percent).

Persons employed, labour force, unemployment broken down by personal features (age, level of education, origin) and sex

In 2008, the number of finished dwellings dropped by 2 percent to nearly 79 thousand.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) describes recent developments in globalisation.

Until 2007/’08, students in preparatory secondary vocational education (vmbo) could choose one of the four discipline sectors agriculture, health, personal care and welfare, economics, or technology....

Economy continues to grow

Retail sales were 0.5 percent higher in May than twelve months previously. Retail prices were nearly 3 percent higher.

Fewer and fewer people in the Netherlands encounter disrespectful behaviour. Discourteous attitudes among shop staff and public employees in particular have decreased

Public transport companies have recently modernised their bus fleets. On 1 January 2002, regular-services buses were on average 9.4 years old, the same age as tourist coaches.