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Fewer debt management plans in 2012
Last year, 13.8 thousand debt management plans were imposed by Dutch courts. After two years of dramatic increase, the number declined marginally in 2012. Three quarters of DMPs concluded in 2012...
More than one in three employees prepared to work until the age of 65
By the end of last year, more than one third of employees indicated they were ready to work until the age of 65. Considerably fewer people (only 12 percent) were prepared to continue to work beyond...
Number of income support benefits hardly up
301 thousand people aged under 65 years were claiming income support at the end of the third quarter of 2010.
Unemployment further up
According to the latest figures published by Statistics Netherlands, seasonally adjusted unemployment grew by 16 thousand in June 2013 to reach 675 thousand.
Mothers continue to work part-time when their children grow older
After the birth of their first child, most mothers continueworking, preferably part-time. As their children grow older, mothers rarely start working longer hours.
Number of disablement benefits; inflow and outflow. 1998-2009.
Disablement benefits, inflow and outflow by type of act, sex, age and degree of disablement.
Caribbean Netherlands; labour force characteristics 2012
Labour force according to the national and international definition by sex and by age, level of education and country of birth
Producer confidence hardly changed
Producer confidence among Dutch manufacturers has hardly changed in March 2019.
Manufacturers again less confident
Dutch manufacturers were again less confident.
Retail turnover 1 percent up
Retail turnover was 1 percent up in February 2012 from February 2011.
Less consumption in May
Dutch households were as reluctant to spend money in May 2005 as they were in the previous months. The volume of domestic consumption was down 0.7percent on May 2004. The decrease was fully...
Import and exports higher in October
The value of imported goods increased by 7 percent in October 2004, reaching a value of 20.3 billion euro. The value of exports was 8 percent higher than in October 2003, reaching 23.2 billion euro.
Retail turnover up in March
Dutch retailers realised 2.9 percent more turnover in March 2010 than in the same month last year.
Substantial decline in household consumption
In October 2012, household spending on goods and services was 2.4 percent down from October 2011, the most substantial decline in the past three years.
Inflation up to 2.3 percent
Figures published that Dutch inflation rose to 2.3 percent in July, 0.2 of a percent point up on June.
Emissions to air, origin and destination; national accounts 1990-2013
Environmental Accounts, origin and destination emissions to air origin and destination emissions to air
Producer confidence close to record high
Confidence among Dutch manufacturers stood at 9.1 in November.
Baby boomers: ripples of a birth wave
Some 2.4 million babies were born in the Netherlands in the period 1946–1955. Although births also peaked in other countries in western Europe after the war, until the mid 1950s the Dutch birth rate...
Number of bankruptcies reduced by one-fifth last year
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the number of bankruptcies rose by 5 in December 2015 relative to November. In the previous three months, the number of bankruptcies also increased. In 2015,...
Highest rent increase since 1994
Residential property rents were raised by an average of 4.7 percent in July 2013, the most substantial increase since 1994. Tenants in the highest income category in dwellings owned by social housing...
Private sector more cautious about investing in knowledge and know-how
Due to the economic crisis, the Dutch private sector invested less in knowledge and know-how in 2009 than in 2008. Although the economy showed signs of recovery in 2010, investments in knowledge and...