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Selling prices of Dutch manufacturing industry were 0.8 percent lower in April 2014 than in April 2013. In February and March, prices of manufactured products were respectively 2.9 and 2.7 percent...

The number of employee jobs declined by 4 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter. In the preceding quarters, the decline was much more substantial.

Seven in ten households have a digital television set; the rate is three times as high as half a decade ago. TVs with Internet access are also becoming more and more common in Dutch households.

The volume of the exports of goods grew nearly 5 percent in June relative to twelve months previously. In May Dutch exports had increased by nearly 9 percent.The volume of imports grew 2 percent in...

Provincial authorities have estimated the youth welfare budget for 2011 at 1.1 billion euro, i.e. 11 percent of their total provincial budget. Thus, child and youth welfare is one of the main tasks...

In 2009, the most popular job among women was shop assistant and the most popular job among men was lorry driver. These jobs were also chosen in 1993.

The Dutch inflation rate in May 2006 was 1.3 percent. This is a slight increase on April, when prices were up by 1.2 percent on April 2005.

The proportion of happy and contented people among those recently divorced or widowed is significantly below average. Newlyweds, on the other hand, are happy.

Over 10 thousand bankruptcies were declared in 2005, the highest number ever.

In June, manufacturers had reduced their stocks of finished products by more than 13 percent relative to the same month one year previously. The reduction was in the same order of magnitude as in the...