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Further reduction greenhouse gas emissions
In 2007, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were reduced for the third consecutive year. The total emission volume amounted to 205 billion kg of CO2 equivalents, i.e. 4 percent below the...
Inflation rate climbs to 3.0 percent
January’s inflation rate climbed to 3.0 percent, the highest rate in more than four years.
Private sector investment up
The volume of private sector investment in tangible fixed assets was 6.7 percent up in January 2014 from January 2013. This is mainly due to higher investment in machinery and residential and...
CO2 emissions slightly higher as production grows
The CO2 emissions by the Dutch economy were up by 0.4 percent in the third quarter of 2014 on the same quarter of 2013. When corrected for differences in the weather CO2 emissions were 1.0 percent...
Consumer prices; underlying inflation 2006 = 100, 2006 - 2015
Underlying inflation (baseyear 2006=100) Underlying inflation per month
Less skiing and more hiking during winter sports
Austria is the most popular winter sports destination, skiing the main activity. More people go hiking in the snow.
Household spending down
Household spending on goods and services was 2.4 percent down in June 2013 from June 2012. The contraction was somewhat larger than in May (1.9 percent).
Sharp fall in traffic deaths in 2004
Traffic fatality rate fell by 19 percent last year. 881 people were killed in traffic in 2004. In the previous year 1,088 people died on Dutch roads. Far fewer men and children died in road accidents.
9 billion euro worth of goods imported from Japan
The total value of goods imported from Japan last year was 9 billion euro, a 27 percent increase from 2009. Imports of machinery and transport equipment grew significantly.
consumer spending marginally up, consumer confidence hardly changes
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, household spending on goods and services was 0.5 percent up in December 2014 from December 2013.
Sustained substantial decline private sector investments
The volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was nearly 15 percent down in February 2013 from February 2012. The decline is somewhat more substantial than in January, when...
Private sector optimistic; employment expected to grow
At the beginning of Q2, the mood across the Dutch private sector remains largely positive.
Half of Dutch adults will be over 50 in 2019
2019 will be the first year in which half the Dutch adult population will be older than 50 years. In many Dutch municipalities more than half of the population are already over 50.
Dramatic decline fatal road accidents in 2008
Last year, 750 people died on Dutch roads.
Consumer prices on Bonaire increase less rapidly
In Q2 2018, consumer prices in the Caribbean Netherlands increased less rapidly than in the previous quarter.
Sharp increase in consumer prices on Bonaire
In Q1 2018, consumers on Bonaire paid 3.8 percent more for goods and services than one year previously. Prices rose year-on-year by 2.9 percent on Saba and by 2.0 percent on St Eustatius.
economic situation more or less stable
According to Statistics Netherlands’ Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in January 2015 is about the same as in December, but the economic recovery is still fragile.
Staffing deficits impact private sector
At the beginning of Q3, more and more enterprises are suffering from a shortage of staff.
Number of crime victims stable, more cases of vandalism
Last year, the Dutch population aged 15 years and older faced 6.3 million offences, an increase by 0.4 million relative to the preceding year.