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An average 336 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the period January-March 2008. This is 4.4 percent of the labour force. Twelve months previously 5.3 percent of the labour force...

An average 342 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period June-August 2007. This is the equivalent of 4.4 percent of the labour force.

Retail turnover in the first quarter of 2005 was 3.2 percent lower than in the first quarter of 2004. This is now the eighth quarter in a row that retail turnover has fallen. Retail prices were 1.0...

The Dutch economy contracted by 5.4 percent in the second quarter of 2009 relative to the same period in 2008. In the first quarter, the downturn was 4.5 percent.

After correction for seasonal effects, Dutch consumer confidence rose by 10 points to -22 in February 2004, the most substantial rise since the monthly survey was started in 1986. Consumers were in...

After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is 4 points lower in October than in September. This is the second month in a row that consumer confidence has fallen; in...

Raise of rent by region, raise of rent in- and excluding rent harmonisation and rent harmonisation

In June, the Dutch inflation rate dropped for the third month in a row to reach 1.4 percent, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on May. Especially prices of food and clothes had a downward effect on...

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In December 2007, prices of existing owner-occupied homes were 4.1 percent higher than twelve months previously. This price increase is at about the same level as the average increase in the four...

On average, universities and vocational colleges were the largest consumers of natural gas within the sector services in 2010 followed by hospitals. Per connection to the electricity grid, transport...

Retail turnover grew 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2007 relative to one year previously.

More than 19.5 thousand dwellings were completed in the first six months of 2011, i.e. an increase by nearly 9 percent from the same period last year.

After adjustment for seasonal effects, consumer confidence has fallen for the second month in a row in June 2005, to -26. This puts consumer confidence back at the level of the beginning of the year.

The most recent figures show that unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation grew by 21 thousand in February to 613 thousand

In February 2004 the Dutch retail trade sold 4.9 percent less than in February 2003. Shopping became 1.1 percent cheaper during this period; turnover volume was down by 3.8 percent. It was the...

In November 2005 the turnover of the Dutch manufacturing industry was up by 7 percent on November 2004. The increase was mainly due to higher selling prices.

In the first quarter of 2010, turnover of the sector hotels and restaurants slumped by nearly 6 percent relative to the same quarter one year previously. The decline is in the same order of magnitude...