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Household spending continuously in decline
Household spending on goods and services was 1.8 percent down in May 2013 from May 2012. Consumer spending has been in an almost continuous decline for two years now.
Selling prices of manufactured products nearly 4 percent up
Selling prices in Dutch manufacturing industry were 3.8 percent higher in March than twelve months previously.
Marginal growth exports
In October 2013, the volume of exports of goods was 0.6 percent up from twelve months previously. In September, the volume of exports had been marginally down. The volume of imports fell by 0.4...
Interest rate historically low
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 2.9 percent in June 2010, i.e. 0.1 of a percent point lower than in May. This is the...
House prices nearly 8 percent lower than twelve months previously
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings sold in September 2012 were on average 7.9 percent lower than in September 2011. That is about the same price decrease as in July and August, when house...
Inflation further up
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.0 percent in November 2009, an increase by 0.3 percentage points relative to October.
Manufacturing output 5 percent higher
The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 5 percent higher in November 2010 than in November 2009. The output growth was equal to October. Although manufacturing output in each...
Unemployment rises further
An average 358 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period March-May 2009.
Sustained substantial decline private sector investments
The volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was more than 11 percent down in January 2013 from January 2012. The decline is more substantial than in December, when private...
Producer confidence hardly changed
The mood among Dutch manufacturers hardly changed in June. The producer confidence indicator stood at – 4.8, compared to – 5.0 in May.
Producer confidence soaring
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.
Household consumption down in June
Household spending on goods and services was 0.9 percent lower in June 2011 than in June 2010. This was the first decrease in well over a year.
House prices nearly 5 percent lower than twelve months previously
Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 4.7 percent lower in November 2013 than in November 2012. The price drop is more substantial than in the preceding month, when house prices...
Factory gate prices manufacturing industry down from one year previously
Selling prices of the Dutch manufacturing industry were 1.7 percent lower in December 2013 than in December 2012. The price fall was less substantial than in November, when manufactured products were...
Manufacturers positive about investment in 2011
Dutch manufacturing companies expect to invest 25 percent more this year than in 2010. This optimism is around the same level as six months ago, when they expected an increase of 24 percent.
Terms of trade again worse than one year previously
Compared to one year previously, Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in February 2010. However, the deterioration was less substantial than in the four preceding months.
Interest rate slightly up
The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.5 percent in October 2011. In September, the long-term interest rate had reached its lowest...
Manufacturing prices marginally higher
Output prices of Dutch manufacturing industry were 0.4 percent higher in January 2013 than in January 2012. The price increase was smaller than in December, when manufacturing prices were 2.0 percent...
Producer confidence remains stable
Dutch manufacturers were just as negative in June as in May; the producer confidence indicator crept up from -4.2 to -4.1.