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New figures show that 314 thousand people younger than 65 years were claiming income support benefit at the end of September 2011.

Unemployment over the period December 2008 - February 2009 averaged 314 thousand (4.1 percent of the labour force).

Today that retail sales were 0.9 percent up in May from one year previously.

320 thousand income support benefits were being paid to people up to the age of 65 years at the end of September 2012. This is one thousand more than in the previous quarter, and 6 thousand more than...

January’s inflation rate has climbed to 2.0 percent whereas in December, consumer prices were on average 1.9 percent higher than one year previously.

Turnover in the Dutch retail trade in July was down by 3.6 percent on July 2004.

After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence is -26 in January 2005. This is 3 points higher than in December 2004. The improvement in confidence follows four consecutive months of...

The number of job vacancies did not fall further in the fourth quarter of 2003. After correction for seasonal effects, there were 100 thousand job vacancies at the end of December 2003. This is 7...

In the first quarter of this year, 156 thousand jobs of employees (2.0 percent) were lost compared to the first quarter of 2009. If seasonal effects are taken into account, 56 thousand jobs were lost...

Building permits were issued for more than 25 thousand dwellings in the first half of 2010.

In the period December 2004 - February 2005 there were on average 495 thousand unemployed people in the Netherlands. The seasonally corrected unemployment figure was 490 thousand, about the same as...

Turnover volume in the sector hotels and restaurants slumped by 7.4 percent in 2009 relative to the preceding year. The decline was twice as bad as in 2008. Such a dramatic downturn has not been...

The Dutch government deficit according to the EMU definition was 2.3 percent in 2004, once again within the limits of the European norm of 3 percent. In 2003 the deficit was still 3.2 percent....

In the second quarter of 2005 turnover in Dutch retail trade was 2.4 percent down on the same period last year. For the ninth time in a row retail turnover was lower than in the previous quarter.

The total amount on save-as-you-earn accounts was halved in 2005. Many employees saving through these schemes made use of the opportunity to withdraw their money prematurely.

The Dutch retail trade in April 2006 was up by 5.0 percent on April 2005.

The volume of domestic household consumption in April 2004 was almost identical to that of April 2003. There is a difference in shopping day pattern though. When corrected for this difference,...

Selling prices of products manufactured in the Netherlands were 2.1percent down in October from October 2013. In September, prices were 1.7 percent down from twelve months previously.

In January 2004 the value of imported and exported goods was 3 percent down on January 2003. Exports were worth 19.0 billion euro, imports 16.8 billion euro. Furthermore, January 2004 had one working...

Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in January 2013 were on average 9.6 percent lower than in January 2012, the most substantial price drop relative to twelve months previously since the...

According to the Kyoto Protocol, the emission of greenhouse gases was reduced by 4 percent over the period 1990-2007.

Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 0.5 percent lower in January 2014 than in January 2013. The price drop relative to one year previously is less substantial than in in...

The seasonally adjusted unemployment figure for November 2011 stood at 455 thousand.