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Producer confidence in manufacturing industry improved further and was at 1.3 in September, the highest score since March 2005. In August producer confidence was still in the negative range.

Price index information according to the (European) ProdCom nomenclature for commodities sold, imported, exported in the Netherlands

Early 2013, more than 25 thousand people in the Netherlands were homeless; 39 percent of homeless are living in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam. One in five homeless are women. Homeless...

Retail turnover was 1.9 percent down in June 2014 from the same month last year. Sales were down and retail prices also fell marginally.

The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan dropped further to an average of 1.2 percent in August, i.e. 0.2 percentage point down from July.

An average 307 thousand people were out of work in the Netherlands in the period August-October 2007. This is the equivalent of 4.0 percent of the labour force.

Turnover in the hotel and restaurant sector was again higher in the fourth quarter of 2005 than in the same period twelve months previously. After corrections for price rises, the volume of turnover...

The Dutch inflation rate in January 2010 was 0.8 percent. This is 0.3 percent point lower than in December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months.

In 2008, proceeds from municipal taxes were 4.4 percent higher than last year. This is mainly attributable to an increase in property tax (OZB) and sewage charges.

The vacancy indicator provides a quick indication of the trend in job vacancies in the private sector. For the first time in three years, the indicator was positive in April. In May, the indicator...

In 2001, immigration from the former Soviet republics reached a record level, when more than 6 thousand people came to the Netherlands. Since 2004, immigration is stable at approximately 3 thousand a...

In January, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. down 0.3 percentage points on December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months

460 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the first quarter of 2006.

Dutch retail turnover was 2.2 percent higher in March 2012 than in the same month last year.

Retail turnover dropped by 6.4 percent in November 2009 relative to the same month one year previously.

Households trimmed spending in the first two months of 2005. The volume of domestic consumption by households in February was 1.0 percent down on February 2004. Consumers spent far less on durable...

According to the latest figures, 316 thousand social security benefits were granted by the end of last year to individuals under the age of 65 living at home, i.e. 9 thousand more than one year...

Dutch inflation stood at 3.2 percent in July, i.e. 0.6 percentage points higher than in June. For the first time since 2002, the rate crossed the 3 percent mark.

Dutch ports handled a total of nearly 570 million tons of goods in 2014. Nearly half (48 percent) was carried by coastal shipping also referred to as short sea shipping. The rest of the goods were...

For the fourth quarter running, diesel sales slumped in the second quarter of 2009 relative to the same period one year previously. A downturn of this magnitude only occurred once in the past.

The Dutch inflation rate was 0.2 percent in July 2009, the lowest since December 1987. In June, inflation was still 1.4 percent.