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Retail turnover almost 3 percent up in February
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the Dutch retail sector achieved 2.6 percent turnover growth in February year-on-year, while the volume of sales increased by 2 percent. Turnover grew in...
Modest growth private sector investments
In December 2011, the volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was nearly 3 percent up on December 2010. The increase was somewhat more substantial than in November, when private...
Year-on-year consumer spending up
Year-on-year consumer spending up
Consumer spending up by 2.7 percent in April
Dutch consumer spending was 2.7 percent up in April 2017 from April 2016.
Consumer spending up by almost 1 percent in February
Dutch consumer spending was 0.8 percent up in February 2017 from February 2016
Fewer swimming pools
By the end of 2006, there were 725 public swimming pools, including beach and natural swimming pools. The number of swimming pools declined by 60 over the period 1988-2006.
Household spending nearly 1 percent up in February
Dutch household consumption was almost 1 percent up in February 2019 on February 2018.
2.4 million motorists during morning rush hour
On an average working day in 2011, there were 2.4 million cars on the Dutch roads during the morning rush hour versus nearly 2.8 million during the evening rush hour.
Consumer spending slightly up
Consumers spending slightly up
Steady growth consumer spending
Steady growth consumer spending
Steady growth consumer spending
Dutch consumer spending was 1.0 percent up in August 2016 from August 2015. Spending on services rose considerably.
Lowest level bankruptcies of this century
The number of corporate bankruptcies has decreased to the lowest level of the century.
Higher retail turnover
In July 2008, retail turnover was 5.4 percent up on the same month last year.
Same retail turnover in September
Figures released by Statistics Netherlands show that retail turnover in September 2012 was about the same as in September 2011.
Quarter of a million east Europeans in the Netherlands
On 1 January 2009, a quarter of a million people from eastern Europe had settled in the Netherlands, nearly four times as many as during the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, twenty years...
Substantial growth Dutch economy
The Dutch economy grew by 3.2 percent in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period one year previously, the most substantial increase in three years. If the working-day pattern and the...
Economy grows by 0.9 percent
If the working-day pattern and the effects of seasonal variation are taken into account, the Dutch economy grew by 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the preceding quarter. In the...
Household consumption nearly 3 percent up in February
Dutch household consumption was 2.6 percent up in February 2018.
Household consumption nearly 3 percent up in July
Dutch household consumption was almost 3 percent up in July 2018.
Household consumption over 3 percent up
Dutch household consumption was 3.1 percent up in September 2017.
Household consumption nearly 3 percent up in June
Dutch household consumption was almost 3 percent up in June 2018.
Household consumption over 2 percent up
Dutch household consumption was 2.3 percent up in August 2017.