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The vacancy indicator provides a quick indication of the trend in job vacancies in the private sector. The indicator improved in August.

The most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands show that the inflation rate in August was 2.8 percent. In July, consumer prices were still 3.1 percent higher than one year previously.

The Dutch inflation rate was 2.8 percent in August. In July, inflation had reached the highest level in nearly half a decade (3.1 percent).

In June 2013, turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 3.6 percent down from June 2012. Prices of retail commodities were 2.7 percent up from one year previously. The volume of retail sales...

The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan averaged 2.2 percent in August 2013, i.e. 0.2 of a percentage point up on July.

Selling prices in Dutch manufacturing industry were approximately at the same level in July 2013 as in July 2012 (-0.1 percent). In June, manufacturing prices had also remained fairly stable relative...

The volume of exports of goods was 0.9 percent up in June 2013 from June 2012. Exports growth was marginally smaller than in May (1.1 percent). In April, exports were still 2.0 percent down from one...

In the second quarter of 2013, the amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was 1.6 percent down from the first quarter. The number of hours worked in stage A temp jobs declined for the fifth...

Dutch manufacturers were less pessimistic in August than in July. The producer confidence indicator climbed from -3.5 to -1.6. Although the mood improved for the fourth consecutive month, it remains...

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were down by 2.7 percent in June 2013 relative to June 2012. The decline was preceded by a six-month period in which stocks of finished products have always...

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).

The mood among Dutch consumers improved in August. The consumer confidence index rose by 5 points from -38 in July to -33 in August. Consumers were considerably less negative about the economic...

The volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was 15.2 percent down in June 2013 from June 2012. The decline is more substantial than in April and May.

Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 5.0 percent lower in July 2013 than in July 2012. The price drop is much smaller than in the preceding month when house prices fell by 9.6...

According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation grew by 19 thousand in July to reach 694 thousand.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, there were 91 thousand unfilled vacancies at the end of June, a reduction by 6 thousand relative to the first quarter, which means that the downward trend continues.

According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands, the Dutch economy shrank 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter. This is the fourth quarter in a...

There were 91 thousand job vacancies at the end of June 2013, the lowest level in nearly ten years. The number of job vacancies decreased by 6 thousand relative to the end of March.

The number of jobs of employees was 147 thousand lower in the second quarter of 2013 than in the same period of 2012, a reduction by 1.9 percent.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 694 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in July 2013, an increase by 19 thousand relative to June. Unemployment has risen almost continuously since...

Taking into account the working-day pattern and the effects of seasonal variation,the Dutch economy contracted by 0.2 percent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2013.

According to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands, turnover generated by the retail sector in the second quarter of 2013 was approximately 1.5 percent down from the same period last...

In June 2013, turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 3.7 percent down from June 2012. Prices of retail commodities were 2.7 percent up from one year previously. The volume of retail sales...

In July this year, 779 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt, i.e. an increase by more than 100 relative to June.