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Retail sales in the second quarter of 2011 were 1.4 percent up on the second quarter of 2010.

The Dutch economy grew by 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year. The growth was considerably less substantial than in the first quarter, when the gross...

In the second quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 46 thousand higher than in the same quarter of 2010, an increase of 0.6 percent.

At the end of June 2011, there were 137 thousand job vacancies, i.e. 2 thousand more than at the end of March. The private sector accounted entirely for the increase.

The volume of exports of goods increased by nearly 6 percent in June from twelve months previously. This is marginally above the increase in May. The growth of the volume of exports has remained...

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods improved in June 2011 compared to June 2010. Prices of exported goods were 3.1 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 2.2 percent.

In July this year, 460 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, slightly more than in June.

The average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was over 2 percent higher in June 2011 than in June 2010. Output growth was the same as in May.

Dutch manufacturers realised a turnover growth of 8 percent in June 2011 relative to June 2010. In May, turnover was 24 percent up on one year previously. The working-day and holiday pattern in June...

Output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 2.4 percent higher in June 2011 than in June 2010. Production has been higher than one year previously for almost eighteen months now,...

Retail sales were 0.5 percent higher in May than twelve months previously. Retail prices were nearly 3 percent higher.

July’s inflation rate was 2.6 percent versus 2.3 percent in June.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 3.2 percent in July 2011, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point down on June.

In 2010, prices of imported goods were 7.3 percent up on one year previously. Prices of exported goods rose by 6.8 percent. In the preceding four years, import prices also rose by more than export...

Dutch Manufacturers raised their prices by 9 percent in June 2011 relative to June 2010. For the third month running, the price increase was less substantial than in the preceding month.

The volume of exports of goods increased by more than 2 percent in May from twelve months previously, the lowest exports growth rate in almost a year and a half.

In June this year, 437 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, 121 fewer than in May.

Producer confidence in manufacturing industry plummeted in July. The producer confidence indicator dropped by more than 4 points from 2.0 in June to – 2.2 in July.

In July, business services providers anticipating turnover to grow during the next three months outnumbered those anticipating turnover to decline. The index stood at + 7 in July versus – 5 in June.

In May 2011, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 9 percent up on May 2010. The growth rate was more substantial than in previous months.

According to the latest figures, seasonally adjusted unemployment totalled 392 thousand in June 2011, a reduction by 9 thousand from May.

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 1.9 percent lower in June 2011 than in June 2010.

Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Netherlands stood at 392 thousand in June, i.e. 9 thousand below the level in the preceding month. The reduction counterbalanced an increase in the same order...