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Zero growth for private sector investments in June
In June 2011, private sector investments in tangible fixed assets were the same as in June 2010, whereas in May, they were still nearly 10 percent up on one year previously.
Fall in environmental costs for companies comes to a halt
Dutch companies have invested substantially in improving air, water and soil quality in recent years. As a result of environmental subsidies, environment-related costs paid by companies have not...
Sustained growth private sector investments
In February 2011, the private sector invested 6 percent more in tangible fixed assets than in February 2010. The increase was 1 percentage point up on January.
Better insight in the economy through more frequent revisions
Measuring the economy is one of the core tasks of Statistics Netherlands. This is done according to an agreed set of international guidelines and methods, assuring that the figures of the various...
CBS and DNB: working towards univocal figures
CBS and DNB will better match their respective mandatory surveys for companies serving as reporting agents
Investments up in January
Investments up in January.
Considerable growth investments
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that, year-on-year, the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets grew by 13.1 percent in November 2015. The increase is more substantial than in October....
Investments further up, mainly in residential property
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) announced that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets grew by 12.1 percent in September 2015 relative to September 2014. The increase is again mainly due to...
80 percent of inward investments channelled out directly
The majority of inward foreign investments do not remain in the Netherlands, but are immediately channelled abroad instead.
Integration Agreements and Firm Internationalization
Economic Integration Agreements (EIAs) can be powerful instruments for countries to stimulate the international activity of their firms.
Public expenditure on defence further down in 2014
In 2014 public expenditure on defence declined by 191 million euros to 7.4 billion euros. Dutch defence expenditure has shown a downward trend for the past five years, in spite of a slight increase...
Private sector investments down
In October 2012, the volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was more than 4 percent down from October 2011. In September, private sector investments were 10 percent lower than...
Second estimate for second quarter 2009: economy shrinks by 5.4 percent
The Dutch economy shrank by 5.4 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year.
Higher investments, particularly in property and infrastructure
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets in July 2014 was up 5.2 percent on July 2013. this followed two months in which investments were slightly lower than twelve months previously.
Private sector more cautious about investing in knowledge and know-how
Due to the economic crisis, the Dutch private sector invested less in knowledge and know-how in 2009 than in 2008. Although the economy showed signs of recovery in 2010, investments in knowledge and...
Number of income support benefits continues to rise
According to figures, the number of income support benefits paid to people under the age of 65 rose further in the first quarter of 2011.
Investments nearly 5 percent up in March
CBS reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 4.9 percent up in March.
Investments almost 1 percent up in September
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets rose by 0.6 percent year-on-year in September 2021. Investments in machinery and dwellings were higher in particular.
Robust growth investments, particularly in passenger cars
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets grew by 19.3 percent in December 2015 on an annual basis. The increase is more substantial than in...
Investments over 4 percent up in July
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets rose by 4.2 percent year-on-year in July 2021.
Investments slightly down in September
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 0.3 percent down in September 2018 relative to the same month last year.
Investments almost 2 percent up in November
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets rose by 1.9 percent year-on-year in November 2021.