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Fewer multiple births
The number of multiple births has been in decline in the Netherlands since 2003. In recent years, usually only 1 egg cell is replaced in the uterus during in vitro fertilisation, resulting in a...
Unemployment 346 thousand in second quarter
Unemployment was 346 thousand on average in the second quarter of 2007. This is the equivalent of 4.6 percent of the labour force.
Local governments anticipate deficit of 3.7 billion euros
The overall EMU deficit of local governments for 2014 is estimated at 3.7 billion euros, 0.6 billion euros above the norm as previously agreed upon.
Fewer debt management plans
Nearly 2,800 debt management plans were pronounced in the first quarter of 2008. This is around one third fewer than in the first quarter of 2007.
Marginal improvement economic situation
The economic situation at the end of July is slightly less negative than at the end of June. Although improvements outnumber deteriorations, the heart of the scatter in the Business Cycle Tracer is...
Vocational education suffers loss as a result of civic integration
From a financial point of view, 2007 was a poor year for vocational and adult education in the Netherlands. The financial position of regional training centres (Regionale Opleidingscentra, or ROCs),...
Industrial selling prices take an unpredictable course
The average price increase of manufactured products was 7.2 percent last year relative to 2007. This is the most substantial price increase in the span of 8 years.
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Consumer prices on Bonaire continue to rise
Consumer prices on Bonaire were 2.2 percent up year-on-year in Q4 2019.
House prices almost 9 percent higher in September
In September 2020, prices of owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 8.6 percent higher than in the same month last year.
DNB and CBS harmonise macro-economic statistics
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Dutch central bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) started publishing univocal figures on the Netherlands’ relations with the rest of the world
Amsterdam is expanding, mainly due to immigration
The number of inhabitants in Amsterdam is growing, mainly due to foreign migration
Saba: purchasing power up again in 2015
In 2015, the median purchasing power of Saba’s local population improved by 2.2 percent.
Economic situation improves
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has improved in October.
Smart Services Campus Heerlen: breeding ground for new productivity and innovations
Monday 12 September marked the launch of the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen.
Unemployment further down
In the fourth quarter of 2015 unemployment declined by an average of 7 thousand a month, whereas the downward trend stalled in August and September. In December 588 thousand people in the Netherlands...
Overall household debt marginally up
Statistics Netherlands reported today that the overall Dutch household debt exceeded 742 billion euros at the end of March 2015, i.e. 2 billion euros up from one quarter previously. In the period...
Slowdown in job losses
In the third quarter of 2004 there were 109 thousand employee jobs less than in the third quarter of 2003. In the second quarter of 2004 the number of job losses was 119 thousand.
Foreign trade the core focus of a new CBS publication
Foreign trade the core focus of a new CBS publication
Towards motives behind mobility
Innovative product: Towards motives behind mobility
Exports up by 1.5 percent in May
The total volume of goods exports grew by 1.5 percent in May year-on-year.
SDG 9.3 Knowledge and innovation
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: knowledge and innovation. Knowledge is essential for the economy and finding solutions to urgent issues.