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Municipal spending on income support down to five billion euro
Municipal authorities estimate to spend five billion euro on income support benefits in 2008, the lowest amount since 1995.
Inflation down to 1.2 percent in February
Consumer price index, inflation in the Netherlands fell further in February, to 1.2 percent. This is the lowest level since October 1995. The decease was mainly caused by lower prices for food and...
Sharp rise in Dutch Caribbean inflation in second quarter
Inflation on the islands making up the Dutch Caribbean was substantially higher in the second quarter of 2011 than in the first quarter. The rate was highest on St Eustatius, at 10.5 percent, up from...
Inflation rises to 1.1 percent
Dutch inflation rose to 1.1 percent in April 2010. This is 0.1 of a percent point higher than in March.
St Eustatius: improved purchasing power in 2015
The purchasing power of St Eustatius’ local population improved in 2015 with a median increase of 4.4 percent.
Budget surplus up to 1.9 percent of GDP in mid-2018
Government revenues were nearly 5 billion euros higher in the first six months of 2018 than in the same period last year. This resulted in a year-on-year increase in the budget surplus, equivalent to...
Municipalities budget 2.6 billion euro for individual care
Dutch municipalities expect to spend nearly 2.6 billion euro on home help and provisions for individual mobility covered by the Social Support Act (Wmo).
Many women prefer urban environment
The annual gender ratio at birth for the Netherlands is 105 boys to every 100 girls. This ‘male surplus’ is still reflected in young adults: there are more 20 to 24-year-old men than women in the...
Purchasing power improved in the Caribbean Netherlands
The increase in purchasing power in 2012 was 3.2 percent on Bonaire.
More people found work and more people looking for work
Over the past three months, unemployment declined by an average of 5 thousand a month.
Consumer price increase drops from 2.7 to 1.8 percent
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.8 percent higher in January than in the same month last year. In December, prices of consumer goods and services were up by 2.7 percent year-on-year.
Purchasing power up after four years of decline
After four years of decline, the purchasing power of the Dutch population improved by 1.5 percent in 2014. All population groups saw their spending power rise in a period of slow economic recovery....
CBS mapping goods flows
CBS mapping goods flows
Most substantial increase energy bill in four years
Early 2009, the energy bill for households is considerably higher than one year previously. On the basis of the rates of January 2009, a household with an average gas and electricity consumption will...
Excise rise only now visible in cigarette prices
Although the excise on cigarettes went up in July 2008, smokers only started paying more in November.
Dutch inflation equals European average
According to the European definition, inflation in the Netherlands was 1.0 percent in 2009. This is the same as the average for the European Union.
Inflation up further to 1.9 percent
Dutch inflation rose to 1.9 percent in November 2007.