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Steady growth consumer spending
Dutch consumer spending was 1.0 percent up in August 2016 from August 2015. Spending on services rose considerably.
No recovery for construction sector in 2010
While the Dutch economy is picking up, the construction sector is still performing badly. With 9 versus more than 4 percent, turnover in the construction sector slumped even more in 2010 than in 2009.
Consumer spending further up
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 2.2 percent up in June 2015 from the same month last year. Consumers spent more...
Emigrants in their fifties and sixties wealthier than same-age Dutch residents
Dutch people who emigrate between the ages of 50 and 70 are on average richer than their peers who stayed in the Netherlands.
Consumer prices; European harmonised price index 2005=100 (HICP), 2002-2015
European harmonised consumer price indices. Index figures Consumer goods. (base year 2005 = 100)
Household spending nearly 1 percent up in February
Dutch household consumption was almost 1 percent up in February 2019 on February 2018.
Price drop residential property approximately the same
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in February 2012 were on average 3.4 percent down on February 2011.
Households spend more than they earn
Dutch economy grew by 1.5 percent in 2005, but taking inflation into account, household incomes declined once again.
Most households practise energy conservation
People who say they care about the environment also practise energy conservation
Listed monuments and historic buildings; region 2018 2013-2018
Listed monuments Type of monument, province, municipality
Very poor turnover results for Dutch construction sector in second quarter
Turnover generated by the construction sector fell by 2.4 percent in the second quarter. The downturn was very obvious in medium-sized and large companies; small businesses performed better than in...
Wealthy baby boomers
Post-war baby boomers are relatively wealthy. Households, in which the main breadwinner is aged between 50 and 65, are relatively often found in the highest income brackets and more often than people...
The citizenship premium: Immigrant naturalisation and socio-economic integration in the Netherlands
Dissertation on the relationship between naturalization and socioeconomic integration of first-generation immigrants in the Netherlands.
Neighbourhood choice Statia and Saba differs per origin
People born in the former Netherlands Antilles and Aruba and migrants partly choose other residential areas in St Eustatius and Saba.
Relocation rate drops further
In the second quarter of 2009, the relocation rate declined by 10 percent relative to one year previously.
1 in 3 Sabans are highly educated
Among the three islands comprising the Caribbean Netherlands, Saba has relatively many highly educated inhabitants: a share of 33 percent among 25 to 74-year-olds. This is related to the fact that...
Growing confidence in the military
Last year, more than six in every ten over-15s indicated to have confidence in the military, i.e. slightly more than in 2012. People have more confidence in police and judiciary, but less confidence...