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The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.4 percent in March 2011, the same rate as in February.

The volume of exports of goods was more than 7 percent higher in January 2011 than twelve months previously. The volume of goods imports was 7 percent higher. Although the increase in international...

The growth rateof prices of manufactured products has accelerated in the past months. February’s selling prices were almost 13 percent up on twelve months previously.

In January, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were over 5 percent up on January 2010.

Producer confidence soared in March 2011. The indicator stood at 5.8 versus 1.7 in February. As a result, producer confidence reached the highest level in three years.

The number of business services providers anticipating turnover growth in the next three months outnumbered those anticipating a decrease by 41 percent in March, versus 31 percent in February. Temp...

Household spending on goods and services was 0.7 percent higher in January 2011 than in January 2010. Household spending on durable consumer goods increased by 6.3 percent. Clothes, consumer...

In the fourth quarter of last year, the number of jobs of employees grew by 34 thousand (0.4 percent) relative to the fourth quarter of 2009. For the first time in eighteen months, the number of jobs...

The Dutch economy grew by 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. If the working-day pattern and the effects of seasonal variation are taken into account, the...

The number of jobs of employees was 34 thousand higher in the fourth quarter of 2010 than in the fourth quarter of 2009. For the first time after eighteen months of decline, employment was higher...

The mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated slightly in March. The consumer confidence index dropped by 3 points to -8, because consumers were more negative about the economic future. The...

In January 2011, the private sector invested 6 percent more in tangible assets than in January 2010. However, in December 2010, private sector investments were down by nearly 2 percent on one year...

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 1.5 percent lower in February 2011 than in February 2010. According to the price index of existing residential property – a joint publication...

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 400 thousand persons (5.1 percent of the Dutch labour force) were registered as unemployed in February 2011. The number of unemployed remained stable in February.

Unemployment remains stable. Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Netherlands stood at 400 thousand in February. Unemployment figures have been in this order of magnitude for almost three months...

The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 7 percent higher in January 2011 than in January 2010. Output growth was about 2 percent up on the previous three months. Output was...

Dutch retailers generated 1.5 percent more turnover in January this year than twelve months previously. Retail prices were 2 percent up. Petrol stations largely accounted for both the increase in...

Retail turnover was 1.5 percent higher in January 2011 than in the same month last year. Prices were 2.0 percent higher, while the volume of retail sales fell by 0.4 percent.

The volume of exports of goods was more than 7 percent higher in January 2011 than twelve months previously. The volume of goods imports was 6 percent higher. Although the increase in international...

The Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods hardly changed in January 2011 compared with January 2010. Prices of imported goods were 9.5 percent higher, prices of exported goods rose by...

The inflation rate in the Netherlands dropped marginally to 1.9 percent in February 2011. In January this year, consumer prices were 2.0 percent up on January 2010.

The inflation rate in the Netherlands was 1.9 percent in February, i.e. 0.1 percentage points down on January. This is mainly due to the rates for telephone and internet services.

In February, 535 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, nearly 50 more than in January.