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Spending on security slightly down in 2014
In 2014, total spending on security in the Netherlands amounted to approximately 13 billion euros. Security expenditure increased up until 2012 inclusive but showed a slight decline after that....
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
Number of jobs grows considerably
In the second quarter of 2007, the number of jobs for employees had grown by 206 thousand relative to the same quarter last year.
Public spending up by just over 6 percent
The Dutch government spent 150 billion euro in 2007. This is 6.3 percent more than in 2006.
Many more defaulters, slightly fewer uninsured in 2007
240 thousand people had not paid for their medical insurance at the end of 2007, 26 percent more than at the end of 2006.
Job growth continues into fourth quarter 2008
The number of jobs of employees grew by 108 thousand in the fourth quarter of last year relative to the same quarter of 2007. Employment also grew relative to the third quarter.
Collectively negotiated wage rates up 1.3 percent in 2010
Wage rates negotiated under collective labour agreements (cao’s) were 1.3 percent higher in 2010 than in the previous year. This increase is significantly smaller than in 2009, when wages rose...
Municipalities lost money on building land in 2009
Dutch municipalities suffered total losses of 414 million euro on building land in 2009. They also had deficits in most other policy areas.
Inflation rate up to 1.7 percent in July
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.7 percent higher in July than in the same month last year.
Local tax revenues up 7 percent
Local authority budgets, revenues from taxes collected by Dutch municipal and provincial authorities and water boards will rise by 7.1 percent in 2004. Total taxes paid by private households and...
Record amount of damages awarded to former suspects
Nearly 23 million euro in damages was paid to former suspects in the Netherlands in 2007. This is nearly twice as much as in 2000.
Hefty increase in sales of biofuels
In 2007 2.8 percent of petrol and diesel sold in the Netherlands consisted of biofuels. This is substantially more than the 0.4 percent in 2006.