Search results

The volume of exports of goods was nearly 12 percent higher in December 2010 than twelve months previously. In November exports grew by nearly 9 percent. The volume of goods imports was 7 percent...

Employees deposited 1.1 billion euro in company savings schemes accounts in 2006. This is 0.3 billion euro less than in 2005.

the number of welfare benefits claims on 30 June 2004 was 339 thousand, the same as in March. It is the first time in 18 months that there was no increase in the number of welfare benefits claims.

After correction for seasonal effects, figures released today put the number of job vacancies in the first quarter of 2006 at 172 thousand.

Optimism among producers in manufacturing industry continued to rise in July. The last time they were so confident about future prospects was in 1985.

According to the most recent figures, unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation increased further in August 2012 by 4 thousand to reach 514 thousand.

The number of income support benefits paid to people younger than 65 years has risen for the third quarter in a row.

Dutch producers expect to invest 13 percent more than in 2004. Among the various branches of industry only the food, beverages and tobacco industry expect a dip in investments.

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 412 thousand persons were unemployed in September 2010.

An average 518 thousand people were out of work in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2005. This is 7.0 percent of the labour force. After correction for seasonal effects unemployment comes to...

Last year, 661 people died in road accidents in the Netherlands, i.e. a 3.3 percent increase from 2010 with 640 fatal accidents. The death toll was particularly high among older cyclists.

Dutch pension funds and insurance companies increased their foreign bond holdings by 13 billion euro to 238 billion euro in the third quarter of 2004. The balance sheet total of insurance companies...

In the fourth quarter of 2004 the turnover of hotels and restaurants was 0.9 percent higher than in the same period of 2003. During the first three quarters of 2004 turnover had been 0.7 percent...

Producer confidence in Dutch manufacturing industry deteriorated further and equalled -3.7 in July. In June it was still at -1.7.

The first signs that students are at a higher risk of dropping out of school are already visible in the first year of secondary school. This is one of the conclusions of the PhD thesis “Early...

About World café 9 about India

74 percent of Dutch households had a fast internet connection at home in 2007.

In the third quarter of 2007, the number of under-65s receiving income support continued to fall.

Dutch retail turnover was again higher in 2007 than in the preceding year. The growth rate was 3.7 percent.

About CBS World Café: 20 years of the Eurozone: did the Euro boost trade?

Producers’ confidence in the manufacturing industry is 2.6 in December 2005. This means that manufacturing companies were almost just as positive as in November.

Seasonally adjusted unemployment averaged 394 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2006, a reduction by 11 thousand relative to the period September-November 2006.

In the second quarter of 2008, selling prices of existing owner-occupied houses were 12.5 percent above the average house value based on the Act on Property Assessment (WOZ) with reference date 1...