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Household spending on goods and services was 2.1 percent down in March 2012 on March 2011. Consumer spending has been continuously in decline since the summer of 2011. The decrease in March was more...

In March 2012, the volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was nearly 6 percent down on March 2011, after a 4 percent decline in February.

In May, the mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated again, after having improved in April. The consumer confidence indicator fell by 6 points to –38, virtually equalling the low level it...

Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in April 2012 were on average 5.2 percent down on April 2011.

According to figures released today, there were 118 thousand job vacancies at the end of March 2012, after correction for seasonal effects.

The volume of exports of goods increased by more than 5 percent in March relative to twelve months previously. Dutch exports had grown by nearly 4 percent in February. The volume of imports grew by...

According to the first provisional estimate, the Dutch economy shrank by 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year.

The Dutch economy contracted by 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011.This negative growth was realised with one working day extra. In the fourth quarter of...

There were 118 thousand job vacancies at the end of March 2012, i.e. 5 thousand fewer than at the end of December 2011.The number of job vacancies fell for the third quarter in a row.

In the first quarter of 2012, the number of jobs of employees was 13 thousand down on the first quarter of 2011, a decrease of 0.2 percent.

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated marginally in March 2012 compared to March 2011. Prices of exported goods were 2.9 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by...

Dutch retail turnover was 2.2 percent higher in March 2012 than in the same month last year.

Retail turnover was 2 percent higher in March 2012 than in March 2011.

Inflation in the Netherlands fell to 2.4 percent in April 2012. In March inflation was 2.5 percent.

Dutch inflation was 2.4 percent in April 2012, i.e. of a 0.1 percentage point down on March. The marginal decrease is due mainly to changes in food and tobacco prices.

Dutch manufacturers realised a turnover growth of nearly 1 percent in March 2012 compared to March 2011. This growth was slightly lower than in February, when manufacturing turnover was just over 1...

The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was up by nearly 1 percent in March 2012 from March 2011. In February, output was nearly 3 percent down on one year previously.

Retail turnover was 1 percent up in February 2012 from February 2011.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.3 percent in April 2012, i.e. the same rate as in March.

Selling prices in Dutch manufacturing industry were 3.8 percent higher in March than twelve months previously.

The volume of exports of goods increased by more than 3 percent in February relative to twelve months previously. Dutch exports had grown by more than 1 percent in January. The volume of imports grew...

According to a survey, manufacturers anticipate investments to grow by 7 percent this year.

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 5 percent up in February on February 2011.

The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated further in April.

Household spending on goods and services was 1.3 percent down in February 2012 on twelve months previously.