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The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan dropped further to an average of 1.2 percent in August, i.e. 0.2 percentage point down from July.

In 2008, proceeds from municipal taxes were 4.4 percent higher than last year. This is mainly attributable to an increase in property tax (OZB) and sewage charges.

An average 307 thousand people were out of work in the Netherlands in the period August-October 2007. This is the equivalent of 4.0 percent of the labour force.

In January, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. down 0.3 percentage points on December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months

Early 2013, more than 25 thousand people in the Netherlands were homeless; 39 percent of homeless are living in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam. One in five homeless are women. Homeless...

In 2001, immigration from the former Soviet republics reached a record level, when more than 6 thousand people came to the Netherlands. Since 2004, immigration is stable at approximately 3 thousand a...

Turnover in the hotel and restaurant sector was again higher in the fourth quarter of 2005 than in the same period twelve months previously. After corrections for price rises, the volume of turnover...

Altogether, Dutch hauliers covered 470 million km in Belgium last year. The introduction in 2016 of the kilometre levy on Belgian roads threatens to cost the Dutch road transport sector tens of...

Over 145 young unemployed people in the Netherlands have improved their opportunities on the job market with financial support from Europe since 2009. Until 2014 over half of the participants in ESF...

Dutch consumer prices were 2.0 percent up in March versus 1.9 percent in February relative to the same month last year.

In 2013, more than 26 thousand building permits for new houses were granted, a decline by 30 percent relative to 2012. The decline over the last quarter was less substantial.

Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.5 percent in February 2007.

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 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...

Dutch retailers realised 9.7 percent more turnover in August 2006 than in the same month last year.

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.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 133 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of September 2011, i.e. 4 thousand fewer than in the previous quarter.

In April 2004 the turnover of the Dutch retail trade was 1.5 percent lower than in April 2003. Turnovers have been lower than in the same month of the previous year ever since March 2003. Retail...

In the fourth quarter of this year, retail sales were 1.0 percent higher than in the same period in 2009. Retail prices were 1.5 percent higher than last year.

The latest figures show that retail turnover was 0.5 percent down in January 2013 from January 2012. Retail prices were 2.6 percent higher, volume shrank by 3 percent.

According to figures released, an average 468 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the period December 2003-February 2004. This is 128 thousand up on the same period twelve months...