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Unemployment falls further
An average 455 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period December 2005-February 2006. After correction for seasonal effects the number comes to 452 thousand.
Exports up in February
Goods exported from the Netherlands amounted to a value of 19.4 billion euro in February 2004. This is 1 percent more than in February 2003. The value of imported goods was 1 percent lower at 16.9...
Highest economic growth in the province of Utrecht
The province of Utrecht had the highest economic growth in 2006: just over 4 percent. This is mainly the result of the fact that many companies in the business services and wholesale trade sectors...
Consumer confidence stable
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is -19 in August 2004. This is almost the same as in July. This is the highest level for consumer confidence in the last...
Substantial exports growth
The volume of exports of goods was more than 11 percent higher in December 2010 than twelve months previously. In November exports grew by nearly 9 percent.
Consumer confidence continues to rise
In July 2004 the seasonally corrected figure for Dutch consumer confidence reached -21. This is 4 points up on June. For the second month in a row consumer confidence is rising. In July it has...
Consumer confidence marginally higher
December’s consumer confidence index was marginally up on the previous month and is now, after a minor downturn in November, back at the level of September and October.
Turnover slightly up for hotels and restaurants
The hotel and restaurant sector booked 1.1 percent more turnover in the first quarter of this year than in the same quarter last year. This is the second quarter in a row that turnover in the hotel...
smartphone increasingly important import product
In the period 2007 - October 2014, the share of imported mobile phones and smartphones in total imports more than doubled to 2 percent.
Slight increase in the number of vacancies
The third quarter of 2004 saw a slight increase in the number of vacancies. On 30 September 2004 there were 125 thousand unfilled vacancies. This is the seasonally corrected figure. Compared to the...
Sugar beet cultivation reduced, more seed potatoes grown
The cultivation of sugar beets, ware potatoes, starch potatoes, summer wheat and grain maize is reduced in 2015. The cultivation areas for seed potatoes, seed onions, winter wheat and barley have...
Sharp increase unemployment
According to the latest figures, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation increased by 21 thousand in January to 592 thousand.
over 80 percent of Caribbean Netherlands population are religious
In 2013, 88 percent of inhabitants on Bonaire aged 15 years and older reported having a religious denomination. On Saba and St Eustatius 83 percent of inhabitants said they were religious. The number...
Inflation rate down to 1.9 percent
The inflation rate in the Netherlands averaged 1.9 percent in December, i.e. 0.4 percentage points down on November. For the fourth month running, the rate was lower than in the preceding month.
Foreign trade growing
The value of goods imported to and exported from the Netherlands was higher in April 2004 than in April 2003. Imports were 5 percent higher at 17.7 billion euro, exports amounted to 19.9 billion...
Fewer people with disabilities working
In 2004 some 16 percent of people aged 15-64 were hampered in finding or carrying out paid jobs due to chronic complaints, illness or disabilities.
Number of job vacancies marginally up
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 137 thousand vacacancies were open by the end of June, i.e. 2 thousand more than one quarter previously.
Unemployment marginally down
The most recent figures show that seasonally adjusted unemployment declined marginally in February 2012 to 469 thousand, i.e. 6 percent of the labour force.
Birth rate up for the first time since 2000
In the first nine months of this year, 140 thousand children were born, nearly 3 thousand more than in the same period last year.
declining sales clothing shops have negative effect on retail turnover
September was a moderate month for the retail trade sector.