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The population counter shows how many registered inhabitants there are in the Netherlands at this moment according to the most recent estimate of Statistics Netherlands.

The Dutch inflation rate reached 1.1 percent in September 2006. In August consumer prices were 1.4 percent up on the year before.

The number of business failures declined further in 2007 to just under 8 thousand, a decrease by 13 percent relative to 2006.

The number of job vacancies remained high in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2008.

Adjusted for seasonal effects, there were 225 thousand unfilled vacancies at the end of June.

The number of dismissal permits granted due to disability dropped sharply from 18.7 thousand in 2003 to 5.7 thousand in 2007.

In 2011 the local governments expect to receive 11.8 billion euro in local taxes.

Turnover increased by nearly 10 percent in the construction sector in 2008. The growth rate is the same as in 2007. With over 90 billion euro, the sector reached a new record level last year.

In the period November 2007-January 2008, an average of 308 thousand people were unemployed, corresponding to 4.0 percent of the labour force, as against 5.0 percent in the same period one year...

Changes in the number of households claiming income support in 2001-2011 correlate directly to the number of claimants under the age of 45.

The Dutch inflation rate in August 2006 reached 1.4 percent. This is slightly higher than in July.

In November 2007, retail trade turnover increased by 3.5 percent relative to the same month one year previously. Non-food shops, on the other hand, only realised a marginal turnover increase compared...

In the third quarter of 2012, 82 thousand jobs of employees were lost relative to the third quarter of 2011, i.e. a decline by 1.0 percent.

Last year, an average of 344 thousand people were unemployed, i.e. 69 thousand fewer than in 2006.

Self-employed households and over-65 couples were the wealthiest categories on 1 January 2009.

Some 11 thousand more unemployment benefits (WW) were paid out in April 2009 than the month before. This brings the seasonally adjusted figure to 203 thousand.

Some 22 percent in the adult population were engaged in volunteer work in 2009. People with paid jobs almost as often did volunteer work as people who did not have paid jobs, but unemployed spent...

In the first quarter of 2009, net profits of non-financial companies amounted to 22.7 billion euro, i.e. 10.6 billion euro down on the first quarter of 2008. For the fifth quarter...

In September 2004 turnover of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 9 percent up on September last year. This was mainly due to higher selling prices. Production fell in the period August – September...

The seasonally adjusted unemployment figure for October 2010 stood at 410 thousand, i.e. 2 thousand fewer than in September.