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The number of people younger than 65 years in the Netherlands claiming income support rose again in the first quarter of 2010.

Goods exports were 0.25 percent lower in the first ten months of 2014 than in the same period in 2013. Lower market prices were the main reason for this.

The output reduction of table and seed potatoes was restricted to 3 percent in 2006, relative to the previous year.

In the second quarter of 2004, the Dutch retail trade saw its turnover go down by 2.7 percent compared to the same quarter of 2003. It is the fifth quarter in a row that the turnover of Dutch retail...

Over 80 percent of all households with internet had broadband by June 2006. Four years earlier this was just a quarter.

The volume of exports of goods was 1.9 percent up in June 2014 from June 2013, after a 3.0 percent drop in May. The volume of imported goods was 1.9 percent down from twelve months previously. The...

Last year, Dutch car sales grew more rapidly than on average in the European Union. More than 13.7 million new passenger cars were sold across the EU last year, i.e. 9 percent more than in 2014. Car...

Seasonally adjusted unemployment averaged 380 thousand in the period November 2006–January 2007, a reduction by 12 thousand relative to the period October-December 2006.

Inflation in the Netherlands fell to 0.9 percent in September. In August it was still 1 percent.

An average 430 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period March-May 2006.

The number of job vacancies fell slightly in the first quarter of 2008. After correction for seasonal effects, there were 242 thousand job vacancies at the end of March 2008.

Unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation increased by 18 thousand in January 2012 to 474 thousand, i.e. 6.0 percent of the labour force.

The amount of social security benefits to persons younger than 65 rose by 22 thousand in 2009.

The number of residential building permits issued in 2006 exceeded 96 thousand, the highest number in nearly a decade.

Unemployment in the Netherlands rose by 9 thousand in May, to 659 thousand persons.

Producers’ confidence in the manufacturing industry has risen to 5.9 in March 2006. This is the highest level for five years.

An average half a million people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the first quarter of 2004. This is 128 thousand more than in the same quarter last year. In the last three months, 6.6 percent...

Dutch manufacturing companies are still in a positive mood in May. They are considerably less optimistic than in previous months, however. This is mainly because they are less positive about future...

The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands remains high.