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In 2023, 15 percent of workers aged between 15 and 75 were members of a trade union.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports in a flash estimate that the CPI-measured inflation rate was 3.0 percent in August.

The importance of the services sector to the Dutch economy has increased significantly since 1950, and by 2023 accounted for 77 percent of total economic output in the Netherlands.

Men who leave education during less favourable economic conditions find it harder to enter the labour force than men who leave education when the economy is performing better.

In 2022/'23, 49 percent of pupils whose parents were born in another country (second-generation migrants) were advised to follow the senior general secondary education (HAVO) or pre-university (VWO)...

Retail turnover was 2.0 percent higher in October 2024 than in October 2023. Sales volume was up by 0.6 percent.

In September 2024, the investment volume for tangible fixed assets was up by 0.4 percent year on year.

A total of 9.8 million people aged 15 to 74 were in paid employment in October 2024.

Discussion paper on a novel particle filter based on a neural network for time series analysis.

Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were 1.2 percent lower on average in October 2024 relative to one year previously.

Consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 2.5 percent more expensive in Q2 2024 than one year previously.

The number of dairy cows in the Netherlands fell by 1.9 percent to 1.54 million in 2024, compared to 2023.

More than 1.7 million people aged 16 years or older were affected by sexually transgressive behaviour in 2024.

Eight percent of men aged 15 to 64 not in education were neither in paid employment, nor seeking work, nor immediately available for work in 2023.

A time series model to improve the accuracy of estimates about consumer confidence

Adjusted for the number of court session days, there were 41 fewer bankruptcies in October 2024 than in September.

More businesses anticipate an increase in investment in innovation and R&D in 2025 than a decrease.

Existing owner-occupied dwellings were 11.5 percent more expensive in October 2024 than one year previously, on average.

The mood among consumers is more negative in November than in the previous month.

At the start of Q3 2023, entrepreneurial confidence stood at -8.3. It was at virtually the same position three months previously (according to a new calculation method)

Survey description Prices of electricity and natural gas

A total of 21.6 million air passengers passed through the Netherlands’ five major airports in the third quarter of 2024, up by 4 percent on Q3 2023.

Business owners anticipate hiring more staff and investing more in 2025, but these expectations are less positive than they were for 2024.

Rare earth elements are key components in many products that are frequently imported into the Netherlands, such as computers, telephone handsets and electric vehicles

In September 2024, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 3.0 percent year on year.