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Inflation rate up to 1.6 percent in June
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.6 percent higher in June than in the same month last year.
Industrial price formation
Dissertation on models of price formation in industries, with emphasis on price formation in an open economy.
Municipal rates increase by over 4 percent
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.
CO2 emissions trading system
In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a cost effective manner, the European Union launched an emissions trading scheme in 2005.
Invest.climate; macroeconomic conditions international comparison 1990-2012
Inflation, long-term interest rate, gross government debt, imports and exports related to GDP and container transport broken down by country
Local taxes increasing by 2.8 percent
In 2011 the local governments expect to receive 11.8 billion euro in local taxes.
Most substantial rent increase in half a decade
Rents of residential property were raised by 2.8 percent on 1 July 2009, the most substantial increase since July 2004. The harmonisation accounts for 0.4 percentage points of the rent increase.
More jobs in fourth quarter 2005
There were slightly more jobs in the fourth quarter of 2005 than in the third quarter. After corrections for seasonal effects the number of employee jobs rose by 9 thousand.
Expenditure on care 6.2 percent up
Last year, national spending on health care and welfare totalled 79 billion euro, a 6.2 percent increase on 2007.
Slight job increase
In the first quarter of 2009 there were 23 thousand more jobs of employees than in the same quarter of 2008. This brought the number of jobs to 7.9 million.
Job growth slows in third quarter of 2008
According to figures from Statistics Netherlands, there were 108 thousand more jobs for employees in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2008 than in the same quarter in 2007. This is an increase...
Food prices still rising strongly
Since September 2007, Dutch consumers have been paying more for their groceries every month. The 6.3 percent increase in food prices in May 2008 was the largest since 2002.
Care spending up by 4.4 percent
Spending on health care and welfare in the Netherlands amounted to 65.7 billion euro in 2006. This is 4.4 percent more than in 2005.
Increase collectively agreed wages slows down further
In the third quarter of 2009, CAO wages were 2.4 percent higher than one year previously. The increase is evidently lower than in the first two quarters.
CAO wages 3.3 percent up in 2008
Collectively agreed (CAO) wages rose by 3.3 percent in 2008 relative to one year previously. The increase is much more substantial than in 2007, when wages rose by 2.1 percent.
Households save 25 euro a month on energy bill
As from July, the average Dutch household pays 25 euro less on gas and electricity each month than in the first six months of 2009, mainly as a result of the lower gas price. The monthly energy bill...
Job losses come to a halt
There were about the same number of jobs in the second quarter of 2005 as in the first. The seasonally adjusted figure shows an increase of 4 thousand jobs of employees.