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In June, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. 0.2 of a percentage point down on May. The decrease was mainly caused by developments in prices of petrol and clothing.

Retail turnover was 2.5 percent higher in March 2012 than in March 2011.

Turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 1.2 percent up in July from July 2012. Prices of retail commodities were 2.8 percent higher. The volume of retail sales fell by 1.6 percent relative...

The total amount on save-as-you-earn accounts was halved in 2005. Many employees saving through these schemes made use of the opportunity to withdraw their money prematurely.

Single men spend their money on other things than single women. Men spend more on cars, eating out and gadgets, while women spend more on clothes, personal care and fruit and vegetables.

the centre will address the growing need for information products in the policy cycle

Retail turnover was 1 percent up in January 2012 from January 2011.

This price index reflects labour price developments, i.e. the development of wage costs per hour worked by employees, corrected for changes in the personnel structure.

The mood among Dutch consumers weakened further in October. The consumer confidence indicator fell by 3 points to – 33.

Dutch inflation stood at 1.9 percent in December, an increase by 0.3 percentage points compared to November. The increase was mainly caused by price developments for automotive fuels.

According to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands, turnover generated by the retail sector in the second quarter of 2013 was approximately 1.5 percent down from the same period last...

The number of people setting up their own business in the Netherlands has gradually risen since the 1990s, but the proportion of business owners was still lagging behind the EU 15 average in 2006....

The mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated somewhat in April 2011.

In May, the mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated again, after having improved in April. The consumer confidence indicator fell by 6 points to –38, virtually equalling the low level it...

Retail turnover was 1 percent up in December 2011 from December 2010. Prices of retail commodities were 2.5 percent higher. As a result, retail volume shrank by 1.5 percent.

In 2015, the members of the United Nations (UN) adopted an agenda for sustainable development

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...

Turnover in business services in the third quarter of 2012 was higher than a year earlier. It was the third quarter in a row in which turnover grew, but still the mood among the entrepreneurs in...