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Terms of trade improved again
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods improved in January 2012 compared to January 2011. Prices of exported goods were 4.4 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 3.7 percent.
Terms of trade improved
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods improved in December 2011 compared to December 2010. Prices of exported goods were 2.6 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 1.9 percent.
Terms of trade worsen again
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in September 2012 compared with September 2011. Prices of exported goods were 2.9 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 3.1...
Spending on health care and welfare levels off
According to the most recent figures, the costs of health care and welfare amounted to 87.6 billion euro in 2010, a 3.6 percent increase relative to 2009. Over the period 2004-2008, the costs of care...
Child care by neighbourhood in Schouwen-Duiveland, 2007-2009 (Dutch only)
Use of child care provisions by income and neighbourhood. Commissioned by: Buitenhek Management & Consult BV.
Marginal deterioration terms of trade
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated marginally in March 2011 compared to March 2010. Prices of imported goods were 10.0 percent higher, prices of exported goods rose by...
Terms of trade improved
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods improved in March 2013 relative to March 2012. Prices of imported and exported goods were respectively 1.7 and 0.8 percent down from one year...
Terms of trade marginally down
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated marginally in February 2013 relative to February 2012. Prices of exported goods were at the same level as one year previously and...
Dramatic employment growth in care sector
Over the past decade, the amount of jobs in the care sector increased by 385 thousand. Overall employment growth in the Netherlands was 515 thousand, so three quarters of new jobs in the past ten...
Nearly twice as many care farms as four years ago
In 2007, there were more than 600 farms in the Netherlands where people in need of help and care can find a suitable way to spend the day or participate in farming activities. The number of care...
Terms of trade deteriorated
In August 2009, Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods were lower than in August 2008. Prices of imported goods were 9.5 percent down on one year previously and prices of exported goods...
More and more short-term unemployment benefits
The number of unemployment (WW) benefits has risen in recent years to over 400 thousand by the end of September 2013. Inflow and outflow are increasing. The amount of short-term WW benefits has grown...
Health care consumption varies by education level
Generally, lower educated persons more often receive health care services than higher educated people. Factors like age, gender, state of health and income partially account for the differences...
Expenditure on care 6.2 percent up
Last year, national spending on health care and welfare totalled 79 billion euro, a 6.2 percent increase on 2007.
Child care by neighbourhood in Nijmegen, 2007 and 2008 (Dutch only)
The Centre for Policy Related Statistics has been commissioned by childcare foundation Nijmegen to compute results for the use of official child care provisions, broken down by various...
Care and rent allowances continue to rise, childcare allowance lower again
Dutch central government paid just over 10.4 billion euros in income-related allowances for housing, health care and children in 2013. Spending on care allowances, in particular, rose, to 5.1 billion...
Economic outlook less negative in mid-November
The economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become less unfavourable in November.
Producer confidence hardly changed in March
In March 2022, the mood among Dutch manufacturers has hardly changed.
More than 100 thousand children in youth care
In 2012, 103 thousand young people (approximately 3 percent) received youth care. Amsterdam has the highest number of children in youth care, but the highest proportion of children in youth care was...
Substantially higher spending on care allowance in 2011
The Dutch government paid 4.7 billion euro in care allowances in 2011, nearly 0.9 billion more than one year previously. The increase is related to an increase in the standard premium for health care...