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The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated in March. The producer confidence indicator stood at – 2.6 versus – 1.5 in February.

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were nearly 5 percent up in January 2012 on January 2011. In December 2011, stocks grew by more than 8 percent. Stocks of finished products...

Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in February 2012 were on average 3.4 percent down on February 2011.

In January 2012, the volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was nearly 1 percent down on January 2011.

The mood among Dutch consumer deteriorated again in March, after three months of stability and even marginal improvement. The consumer confidence indicator dropped 3 points in March to -39.

In February this year, 610 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, i.e. 70 fewer than in January.

Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Netherlands stood at 469 thousand in February 2012, i.e. 5 thousand below the level in January 2012. In January, unemployment had still increased.

The most recent figures show that seasonally adjusted unemployment declined marginally in February 2012 to 469 thousand, i.e. 6 percent of the labour force.

According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands, retail turnover was 0.8 percent up on one year previously in January 2012.

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

The average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was down by nearly 2 percent in January 2012 from January 2011.

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.

The volume of exports of goods increased by 3 percent in January relative to twelve months previously. In December, Dutch exports had grown by 4 percent. The volume of imports grew by nearly 1...

Inflation was 2.5 percent in February 2012, the same as in January. Inflation has been quite stable since July 2011.

Just like in January, the vacancy indicator remained fairly stable in February relative to the preceding month. Pessimism still marginally prevailed over optimism in the private sector. At the end of...

Dutch inflation stood at 2.5 percent in February 2012, i.e. the same rate as in January.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.2 percent in February 2012, i.e. the same rate as in January, when the interest rate reached...

Retail turnover was over 1 percent up in December 2011 from December 2010.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.2 percent in January 2012, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on December 2011. In January, the...

Dutch inflation stood at 2.5 percent in January 2012, i.e. 0.1 percentage points up on December 2011.The marginal increase is mainly due to changes in petrol, natural gas and electricity prices....

The volume of exports of goods increased by 4 percent in December relative to twelve months previously. In November, export growth came to a halt after negative growth in October. The volume of...

The amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was 1 percent up in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the preceding quarter. In the third quarter, the number of hours worked in temp jobs stage A had...

According to the most recent figures, turnover generated by the sector hotels and restaurants in the fouth quarter of 2011 improved 3.2 percent relative to the corresponding period in 2010.