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Manufacturers expect to invest more in 2011
According to Statistics Netherlands’ autumn survey of investment expectations, Dutch manufacturers foresee a 24 percent rise in investment next year compared with 2010.
Business investments lower
In September 2010, the volume of corporate investments in tangible fixed assets was 4.8 percent down on September 2009. The decline is more substantial than in August, when private sector investments...
Manufacturing output 4 percent higher
The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 4 percent higher in September 2010 than in September 2009.
Selling prices in manufacturing industry up by nearly 9 percent
In September, factory gate prices in the Dutch manufacturing industry were nearly 9 percent higher than in September 2009. In August, manufactured products were nearly 8 percent more expensive than...
Slightly better mood among manufacturers
The mood among manufacturers improved slightly in October.
Sustained reduction manufacturing stocks
In August, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were more than 6 percent lower than in the same month last year.
Smaller decline private sector investments
In August 2010, the volume of corporate investments in tangible fixed assets was 1.5 percent down on August 2009. This decline is less substantial than in July, when private sector investments were...
Manufacturing output 7 percent higher
The average daily output of Dutch manufacturing industry was 7 percent higher in August 2010 than in August 2009. In July, output growth was also 7 percent. Over the past few months, manufacturing...
Price increases in manufacturing industry less substantial again
In August, factory gate prices in the Dutch manufacturing industry were nearly 8 percent higher than one year previously. The increase was 1.2 percent point less than in July.
Mood among manufacturers deteriorates slightly
After an improvement in August, the mood among manufacturers deteriorated in September. Producer confidence stood at -0.1 versus + 0.4 one month previously.
Business investment spending over 3 percent down in July
In July 2010, the volume of corporate investments in tangible fixed assets was 3.4 percent down on July 2009. The decline was in the same order of magnitude as in June, but far below the level of the...
Price increases in manufacturing industry less substantial
In July, factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing industry were 9 percent higher than one year previously. The increase was slightly less significant than in June.
Mood among manufacturers improved
After two months of declining confidence, the mood among manufacturers improved in August. Producer confidence stood at 0.4 versus -2.4 in July.
Reduction manufacturing stocks fairly stable
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...
Dutch economic growth reaches 2.1 percent
The Dutch economy grew by 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2010 relative to the same quarter in 2009.
Price increases in manufacturing industry less substantial
In June, factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were more than 9 percent up on June 2009. The increase was less substantial than in the two preceding months, when prices rose by nearly 11 percent...
Manufacturing output up 7 percent
The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 7 percent up in May 2010 on May 2009. In April, output was 10 percent above the level of April 2009
Producer confidence marginally lower
The producer confidence index declined marginally in June 2010.
Sustained loss of jobs
In the first quarter of this year, 156 thousand jobs of employees (2.0 percent) were lost compared to the first quarter of 2009. If seasonal effects are taken into account, 56 thousand jobs were lost...
Fewer temp agency workers in manufacturing in particular in 2009
The employed labour force in the Netherlands included an average 156 thousand temp agency workers in 2009, 41 thousand fewer than in the previous year. This was the largest year-on-year decrease...
Manufacturing prices continue to rise
In April, marketing prices in Dutch manufacturing were nearly 11 percent up on April 2009.
Manufacturing stocks decrease continuously for a year
Manufacturers had reduced their stocks of finished products by more than 12 percent in March compared with March 2009.