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The introduction of the Social Support Act (Wmo) in 2007 has caused more institutions providing home and elderly care to sustain losses. This applies in particular to institutions providing home help.

For the first time in ten years, the number of people in the Netherlands claiming a social benefit has decreased across the board.

Nearly one in three 18-24 year-olds smoke, and one in five of this age group are overweight. At the same time, nearly 91 percent report their own health as good or very good.

The inflation rate was 0.9 percent in July 2014, i.e. the same as in June. For the third consecutive month, the average year-on-year increase in consumer prices was below 1 percent.

In 2017, European lorries drove in and out of the United Kingdom almost 3.5 million times. 237 thousand such journeys were made by Dutch lorries, an increase of 1.8 percent on 2016. This is reported...

In 2017, the Netherlands received in excess of 600 billion kg of goods in gross weight for the first time.

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In Q2 2018, Dutch consumers purchased around 455 million euros (excl. VAT) worth of products from foreign EU webshops. This represents an increase of 18 percent relative to Q2 2017.

British investment flows into the Netherlands have risen substantially since the Brexit referendum in 2016, from 14 bn euros in 2016 to 80 bn euros in 2018.

According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in February is less favourable than in the previous month again.

The Netherlands is one of the 19 member states of the European Union (EU) with a growing population. This is mainly due to migration, which is also the case in most other countries with population...

Dutch household consumption was almost 1 percent up in January 2019 on January 2018.

In Q3 2017, CO2 emissions in the Netherlands were 0.2 percent up year-on-year.

According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 0.3 percent up in November 2015 from November 2014, the lowest increase in 2015...

Dutch retailers sold 2.0 percent more in terms of volume in the first quarter of 2015 than in the same period last year. This is the fourth quarter in a row that retail sales were up. The volume...

According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), output prices of products manufactured in the Netherlands were 6.9 percent down in November 2015 from November 2014. In October this year, prices were 8.9...

Nearly 30 thousand persons living on social security benefits by the end of 2009 managed to find jobs in 2010, i.e. 9 percent of social security recipients. In the category municipalities with 100...

In October 2015, output prices of products manufactured in the Netherlands were 8.7 percent down from October 2014. In September this year, prices were 9.1 percent below the level of twelve months...

According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), confidence among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated in December. They were less positive, in particular about their future output. The producer confidence...