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Inflation rate climbs to 2.6 percent
July’s inflation rate was 2.6 percent versus 2.3 percent in June.
Manufacturing industry expects little extra investment
Producers in the manufacturing industry expect to invest 1 percent more in 2013 than in 2012. This is shown by the most recent figures about expected investments in manufacturing.
Robust growth supermarket sales
Retail turnover grew 2.6 percent in August 2007 relative to the same month last year. Supermarkets in particular performed well.
House prices almost 8 percent down in April from twelve months previously
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 7.6 percent lower in April 2013 than in April 2012. The price drop is larger than in the previous month when house prices dropped by 7.0...
Nearly 480 thousand unemployed in the Netherlands
In the period November 2004–January 2005 there were on average 479 thousand people unemployed in the Netherlands. In the past three months an average 6.4 percent of the Dutch labour force were...
Modest turnover growth retail trade sector
According to the most recent figures, retail sales were 0.9 percent up in February 2012 from February 2011. Sales volume contracted by 1.7 percent, retail prices were 2.7 percent higher.
No real improvement consumer confidence
The mood among Dutch consumers has hardly changed in March 2010. The consumer confidence indicator stands at -12, as against -13 in February.
Houses nearly 10 percent cheaper in June than one year ago
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 9.6 percent lower in June 2013 than in June 2012. The price drop is more substantial than in the preceding month when house prices fell by...
Higher turnover for hotels
Hotels in the Netherlands did good business in the second quarter of 2006. Compared with the second quarter of 2005, they booked nearly 9 percent more turnover.
Dutch inflation rate stays the same
The Dutch inflation rate stayed the same in October. Consumer prices were on average 1.6 percent higher than the year before, as was the case in September.
Interest rate marginally lower
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.4 percent in February, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point less than in January.
Dutch consumers much more sombre about the future
The mood among Dutch consumers has deteriorated in April 2010. The consumer confidence indicator stands at -15, against -12 in March. Consumers were clearly more pessimistic about the future.
Interest rate marginally down
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.4 percent in December 2011 versus 2.5 percent in November.
Dutch consumers slightly less pessimistic
The mood among Dutch consumers was somewhat less negative in September than in August. The consumer confidence indicator climbed 3 points and reached -29. Although the mood has lifted a little...
Inflation rate up to 2.5 percent
The inflation rate in the Netherlands rose to 2.5 percent in January. In December, consumer prices were 2.4 percent higher than one year previously.
Leap day pushes up retail turnover
Dutch retail turnover was 8 percent higher in February 2008 than twelve months previously.
Marginal growth retail turnover
In August 2010, retail turnover was 0.6 percent up on the same month last year. Retail prices were 1.0 percent higher, turnover volume was 0.5 percent down.
Interest rate unchanged
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.4 percent in March 2011, the same rate as in February. In the preceding months, the...