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Correspondence between survey and admin data on quarterly turnover
Correspondence between survey and value added tax data on quarterly turnover
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)
An international multi-dimensional classification of education of UNESCO recommended by the United Nations. It divides education into the characteristics of level and sequencing of the program,...
Modest turnover growth retail trade sector
According to the most recent figures, retail sales were 0.9 percent up in February 2012 from February 2011. Sales volume contracted by 1.7 percent, retail prices were 2.7 percent higher.
'LAT partners' choose freedom
8 percent of Dutch people in a relationship are not cohabiting. A quarter of these people wants their relationship to remain this way in the future. Why?
Marginal growth retail turnover
In August 2010, retail turnover was 0.6 percent up on the same month last year. Retail prices were 1.0 percent higher, turnover volume was 0.5 percent down.
Dutch consumers much more sombre about the future
The mood among Dutch consumers has deteriorated in April 2010. The consumer confidence indicator stands at -15, against -12 in March. Consumers were clearly more pessimistic about the future.
Higher turnover for hotels and restaurants
The hotel and restaurant sector did good business once again in the first quarter of 2006. In spite of the fact that Easter did not fall in the first quarter this year, turnover in this sector rose...
Slightly more job vacancies
There were 94 thousand unfilled vacancies by the end of September 2013, up 3 thousand on the previous quarter.
Robust growth supermarket sales
Retail turnover grew 2.6 percent in August 2007 relative to the same month last year. Supermarkets in particular performed well.
Leap day pushes up retail turnover
Dutch retail turnover was 8 percent higher in February 2008 than twelve months previously.
Manufacturing industry expects little extra investment
Producers in the manufacturing industry expect to invest 1 percent more in 2013 than in 2012. This is shown by the most recent figures about expected investments in manufacturing.
Dutch consumers slightly less pessimistic
The mood among Dutch consumers was somewhat less negative in September than in August. The consumer confidence indicator climbed 3 points and reached -29. Although the mood has lifted a little...
Dutch inflation rate stays the same
The Dutch inflation rate stayed the same in October. Consumer prices were on average 1.6 percent higher than the year before, as was the case in September.
Inflation nosedives to 0.2 percent
In July 2009, the Dutch inflation rate stood at 0.2 percent, as against 1.4 percent in June. The downturn was chiefly caused by lower energy prices.
No real improvement consumer confidence
The mood among Dutch consumers has hardly changed in March 2010. The consumer confidence indicator stands at -12, as against -13 in February.
Turnover sector hotels and restaurants slumps 5.8 percent
Turnover in the sector hotels and restaurants declined by 5.8 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008.
Dutch house prices up in April on a year ago
Prices of owner-occupied houses, excluding new constructions, were on average 2.3 percent higher in April 2015 than in April 2014. House prices have been above the level of the corresponding month of...
Over 300 000 people defaulting on their health insurance payments
Tthere were 304 thousand people who defaulted on the Dutch health insurance payments on 1 September 2009.
Sustained unemployment growth
Unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation has grown by 24 thousand to 489 thousand in April 2012.
Favourable prospects for residential building
The number of residential building permits issued in 2006 exceeded 96 thousand, the highest number in nearly a decade.
Number of vacancies slightly down
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.
Fewer people changed jobs in 2009
Between 2008 and 2009, 773 thousand people changed jobs, a decrease by more than 100 thousand relative to the period 2007-2008. Changing jobs often also implies a change of working environment.