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Slight fall in consumer confidence
After adjustment for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands has fallen by 4 points in March, to -26. This slight fall follows a large increase in confidence in February. Consumer...
Unemployment further down
An average 460 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the third quarter of 2004. After correction for seasonal effects total unemployment amounted to 460 thousand in this period.
Dutch interest rate exceptionally low
In September 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) will change various interest rates.
House prices slightly down
Prices of existing owner-occupied residential property sold in August 2010 were on average 0.4 percent lower than in August 2009. Since February 2009, house prices have been continuously lower than...
Unemployment creeping up
According to the most recent figures, seasonally adjusted unemployment rose marginally in March 2012 to 465 thousand, i.e. 5.9 percent of the labour force.
Nearly half a million single parents in the Netherlands
As more married and unmarried couples with children decide to split up, the number of single parents in the Netherlands continues to grow.
Producer confidence lower again
Producer confidence in the Dutch manufacturing industry reached 0.7 in December 2004. This is over 1 percent point down from November. Although producer confidence reached the lowest level since...
Slight fall in consumer confidence
After adjustment for seasonal effects, consumer confidence has fallen by 4 points to -32 in January 2004. This means that the hesitant recovery which set in at the end of 2003 has not continued into...
Continuous growth international trade
In October 2005 the volume of the imports of goods was 7 percent higher than a year ago. The volume of exports increased by 5 percent.
Consumer confidence virtually unchanged
Dutch consumer confidence in January was virtually identical to that of December 2005.
Steam coal; import price from non EU-countries 1981-2016
Import price steam coal non EU-countries Import price, net calorific value
Dutch less politically active than Germans
Nearly four in ten Dutch people undertake political activities other than voting in an election. The share of politically active people varies between regions, but is overall significantly lower than...
Internet telephony rising fast
74 percent of Dutch households had a fast internet connection at home in 2007.
Sustained reduction social security benefits
In the third quarter of 2007, the number of under-65s receiving income support continued to fall.
No further decline household consumption
Household spending on goods and services was approximately the same in June 2014 as in June 2013. In April and May, household spending was also at the same level as one year previously.
Sharpest increase hotel and restaurant sector turnover since mid-2010
In the second quarter of 2015, hotels, restaurants, snack bars and pubs saw their turnover rise by 2 percent on the previous quarter, the fastest increase in 4.5 years.
Population growth rate continues to slow down
The population in the Netherlands has grown less rapidly over the past six months than in the same period last year.
Producers' confidence almost unchanged
Producers’ confidence in the manufacturing industry is 2.6 in December 2005. This means that manufacturing companies were almost just as positive as in November.