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The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 1.7 percent in March 2013. The interest rate was lower than in February (1.8 percent). In...

Real disposable income of households in the Netherlands has fallen for the fifth year in a row: by 3.2 percent in 2012.

The Dutch economy shrank by 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared with the preceding quarter. The first estimate, published on 14 February put the contraction at 0.2 percent.

The Dutch economy shrank by 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to the third quarter. It was the second consecutive quarter showing negative quarter-on-quarter growth.

Output prices of the Dutch manufacturing industry were 0.3 percent higher in February 2013 than in February 2012. The price increase has become gradually less substantial in recent months.

The number of jobs of employees was 89 thousand (1.1 percent) lower in the fourth quarter of 2012 than twelve months previously. In the first three quarters of 2012, too, the number of jobs was lower...

The volume of exports of goods grew nearly 5 percent in January relative to twelve months previously, equalling the growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2012.The volume of imports increased by more...

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 5 percent up in January from January 2012. The increase is more substantial than in December 2012, when stocks were 1 percent up from one year...

Household spending on goods and services was 2.3 percent down in January 2013 from January 2013. Domestic household consumption has been continuously down from twelve months previously for eighteen...

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 613 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in February 2013, an increase by 21 thousand relative to January 2013. In the preceding month, unemployment had...

The most recent figures show that unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation grew by 21 thousand in February to 613 thousand

Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 8.3 percent lower in February 2013 than in February 2012. The price drop is less substantial than in the previous month when the house...

The mood among Dutch consumers improved marginally in March relative to February. The consumer confidence indicator climbed 3 points to -41, but confidence remains low.

The volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was more than 11 percent down in January 2013 from January 2012. The decline is more substantial than in December, when private...

The average daily output of Dutch manufacturing industry was 3 percent down in January 2013 from January 2012. In December 2012, manufacturing output had been nearly 1 percent up from one year...

The latest figures show that retail turnover was 0.5 percent down in January 2013 from January 2012. Retail prices were 2.6 percent higher, volume shrank by 3 percent.

The volume of exports of goods grew more than 5 percent in January relative to twelve months previously. Exports growth was slightly higher than in the fourth quarter of 2012.

The retail sector faced a 0.5 percent turnover loss in January 2013 relative to January 2012. Retail prices were 2.6 percent up, but the volume of retail sales was down by 3 percent.

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods improved in January 2013 relative to January 2012. Prices of exported goods were 0.6 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 0.1 percent.

In February this year, 755 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. This is the highest monthly number ever recorded.

The latest figures show that inflation was stable in February. In January as well as in February, consumer prices were 3 percent up from one year previously

The Dutch inflation rate was 3.0 percent in February, just as in January. Price developments of airline tickets had an upward effect on inflation in February, but this was offset by food price...

The retail sector faced more than 4 percent turnover loss in December 2012 relative to December 2011. Retail prices were nearly 3 percent up, whereas the volume of retail sales was down by almost 7...

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 1.8 percent in February 2013, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point up on January.