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The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.3 percent in April, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point less than in March.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

The mood among Dutch consumers has hardly changed in March 2010. The consumer confidence indicator stands at -12, as against -13 in February.

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.

Retail turnover grew 2.6 percent in August 2007 relative to the same month last year. Supermarkets in particular performed well.

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.

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.

July’s inflation rate was 2.6 percent versus 2.3 percent in June.

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...

The Dutch Annual Report on Integration 2008 was published on 6 November 2008. This report, compiled by Statistics Netherlands, provides a factual overview of developments in the integration of...

Brief survey description Price index production of buildings, 2015 = 100

In 2016, the projected population of the Netherlands will reach 17 million.

Until 31 December 2005 Dutch health insurance was divided into a collective and a private part. The collective part was based on the Compulsory Health Insurance Act (ZFW) and the Exceptional Medical...