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No further fall in job vacancies
The number of job vacancies did not fall further in the fourth quarter of 2003. After correction for seasonal effects, there were 100 thousand job vacancies at the end of December 2003. This is 7...
House prices continue to fall
The average WOZ house price was 232 thousand euro on 1 January 2012. This is more than 2 percent less than one year earlier. It is the second year in a row that the average WOZ value was down. It has...
Lower prices manufacturing industry
Lower prices manufacturing industry
Inflation rate in Caribbean Netherlands down
The CPI-based inflation rate in Caribbean Netherlands fell in Q2 2016.
Growth Dutch manufacturing output
Growth Dutch manufacturing output
Number of divorces temporarily down in 2009
Last year, 31.7 thousand marriages were dissolved in Dutch courts, slightly fewer than in 2008, when 32.9 divorces were legally terminated. The decrease appears to be temporary as the number of...
Manufacturers in high spirits
Optimism among producers in manufacturing industry continued to rise in July. The last time they were so confident about future prospects was in 1985.
Exports up again
The volume of exports of goods was 2.4 percent up in June 2014 from June 2013, after a 3.1 percent drop in May. The volume of imported goods was 2.3 percent down from twelve months previously. The...
Estate agents and surveyors charge lower rates
In the fourth quarter of 2008, fees of estate agents and surveyors were 1.1 percent down on one year previously.
Unemployment among people with a western and non-western background marginally up in 2011
According to the latest figures 262 thousand native Dutch, 104 thousand residents with a non-western background and 52 thousand with a western background were seeking employment last year.
Insurance companies and pension funds invest more in foreign bonds
Dutch pension funds and insurance companies increased their foreign bond holdings by 13 billion euro to 238 billion euro in the third quarter of 2004. The balance sheet total of insurance companies...
Sharpest increase hotel and restaurant sector turnover since mid-2010
In the second quarter of 2015, hotels, restaurants, snack bars and pubs saw their turnover rise by 2 percent on the previous quarter, the fastest increase in 4.5 years.
Single people, one-parent families and pensioners account for most rent allowances
Over 1.1 million households in the Netherlands received a rent allowance in 2008. This cost the government nearly 2 million euro.
Job vacancies stable at high level
After correction for seasonal effects, figures released today put the number of job vacancies in the first quarter of 2006 at 172 thousand.
More use of health care facilities over the past 30 years
Over the past 30 years, the use of health care facilities has obviously increased. The proportion of people consulting a GP, dentist or physiotherapist has risen and people take more medicines.
Substantial increase male life expectancy
The life expectancies at birth for Dutch men and women were 79.2 and 82.9 years respectively in 2011. Male life expectancy has improved rapidly and as a result, the life expectancy gender gap has...
Dutch consumer spending further up
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 1.8 percent up in October 2015 from October 2014. Natural gas consumption...
Dutch manufacturers more optimistic
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), confidence among Dutch manufacturers improved in November relative to October. The producer confidence indicator rose from 2.4. in October to 4.0 in...
More than half a million people have two jobs
Last year, the number of second job holders included in the employed labour force has risen marginally to 544 thousand. On average, people holding two jobs work two hours more each week than those...