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Interest rate exceptionally low
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 1.6 percent in December 2012. This is the lowest level in decades.
Interest rate further down
The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.6 percent in August. In July the rate was 3.8 percent. The drop in August was the second...
1 percent turnover growth in retail trade
According to the most recent figures, retail sales in June 2012 were up by 1 percent on June 2011. Prices were 1.9 percent higher, while the sales volume contracted by 0.9 percent.
Retail sales 3 percent up
Retail sales improved 3.4 percent in April this year relative to April 2010.
Interest rate remains stable
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 1.8 percent in September 2012, the same rate as in July and August.
Household consumption up again
Dutch households spent 2.0 percent more on goods and services in November 2006 than in November 2005.
Hefty rise in turnover for hotels and restaurants
Hotels and restaurants in the Netherlands booked 6.2 percent more turnover in the first quarter of 2011 than in the same quarter last year.
Consumer debt marginally higher
Overdrafts on current accounts rose by 5.5 percent in 2008 relative to 2007. Dutch consumers borrowed 1 percent more in 2008 than in the previous year.
Interest rate further down
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 3.2 percent in July 2011, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point down on June.
Inflation climbs to 1.3 percent
Dutch inflation was 1.3 percent in September 2007, i.e. 0.2 percentage points higher than in August.
Unemployment rate marginally higher
An average of 298 thousand persons, i.e. 3.9 percent of the labour force were unemployed in the period November 2008 - January 2009.
Interest rate marginally higher again
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 4.0 percent in June. This is 0.1 percentage points up on May. June was the third month in...
Turnover volume sector hotels and restaurants substantially down
Turnover in the sector hotels and restaurants in the second quarter of 2008 was significantly below the level of one year previously. The volume of turnover declined by 3.5 percent.
Amount saved in life course schemes increases for the first time
Last year, employees saved 908 million euro in life course schemes, an increase by over 10 percent relative to 2008. They withdrew more than 164 million euro in 2009, over 35 percent more than in the...
House prices 7 percent down in March from twelve months previously
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 7.0 percent lower in March 2013 than in March 2012. The price drop is less substantial than in the previous month, when house prices...
Consumer confidence rising again
Dutch consumer confidence, seasonally corrected, rose in November 2005 in comparison with October. This is the second month in a row that consumer confidence is rising.
Inflation rate further up
In October 2009, the Dutch inflation rate stood at 0.7 percent, an increase by 0.3 percentage points compared to September.
Turnover volume sector hotels and restaurants marginally down
Turnover of the sector hotels and restaurantshoreca increased by 2.7 percent in the first quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year, but the volume of turnover declined by 0.4 percent.