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The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.5 percent in October 2011. In September, the long-term interest rate had reached its lowest...

Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.0 percent in November 2009, an increase by 0.3 percentage points relative to October.

The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan averaged 1.9 percent in April 2014. The interest rate remained fairly stable over the past few months. In...

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 2.9 percent in June 2010, i.e. 0.1 of a percent point lower than in May. This is the...

Retail sales were 1.5 percent down in November 2012 from November 2011

Dutch households spent 2.3 percent less on goods and services in March 2014 than in March 2013. Households used far less natural gas in the first months of 2014 than in the same period in 2013 due to...

Dutch inflation was 0.3 percent in August 2009, i.e. 0.1 percentage points higher than in July, when the lowest level since 1987 was reached.

Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in September 2012 were on average 7.9 percent lower than in September 2011. That is about the same price decrease as in July and August, when house...

The Dutch private sector is cautiously optimistic about developments on the job market. The vacancy-indicator was +0.02 in July 2014, versus +0.05 in June.

There were 97 thousand unfilled job vacancies by the end of March, i.e. 5 thousand down from the previous quarter.

Dutch consumers were less negative in April than in March. The consumer confidence indicator climbed 6 points to -35. In March, the mood had also been less negative than in the preceding month,...

In the fourth quarter of 2010, turnover in the sector hotels and restaurants showed a 3.7 percent increase on one year previously. Higher prices account for half of the turnover growth, the other...

The sector hotels and restaurants achieved a turnover growth by 3.1 percent in the third quarter of 2011 relative to the same period last year.

The mood among Dutch consumers remained gloomy in May, the consumer confidence index stood unchanged at -10. Consumers were less confident about the economic situation in general. Their willingness...

Turnover realised by the sector hotels and restaurants declined by nearly 1 percent in the third quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year. The last time the sector reported a downturn in...

Existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.1 percent cheaper in March 2014 than in March 2013, versus 1.7 percent in February 2014 relative to February 2013.

Population of the Netherlands rose by 14.7 thousand people in the first half of 2012. This is half the increase in the same period last year.

Dutch manufacturing companies expect to invest 25 percent more this year than in 2010. This optimism is around the same level as six months ago, when they expected an increase of 24 percent.