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Producer confidence continues to rise in September

In September, confidence among Dutch manufacturers is again less unfavourable.

Economic growth on Bonaire in 2018

In 2018, Bonaire's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 3.9 percent in volume.

Economic impact of COVID-19

The recent coronavirus outbreak affects virtually all people in the Netherlands. Certainly, the effects will also be visible in statistics that are being produced by Statistics Netherlands in the future.

Economic outlook somewhat less negative in mid-September

The economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become less unfavourable in September.

Economic contraction of 8.5 percent in Q2 2020

According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 8.5 percent in Q2 2020 relative to Q1 2020.

Government revenue; transactions, sectors

Government revenue (ESA 2010). Current and capital transactions, sectors, quarters.

GDP, output and expenditures; value, Quarterly National Accounts

Production, expenditures, income and external economic transactions. Values at current prices and chainlinked volume 2015 prices

GDP, output and expenditures; changes, Quarterly National Accounts

Production, expenditures, income and external economic transactions. Value, volume and price changes

Current transactions by sectors; National Accounts

Current transactions and balancing items of institutional sectors Sectors, resources and uses, balancing items

COVID-19 impact on supply chains

Exports down by nearly 1 percent in July

The total volume of goods exports shrank by 0.6 percent in July year-on-year. The contraction was lower than in the previous four months.

Exports Radar

The Exports Radar is an instrument to analyse developments in exports of goods.

Manufacturing output almost 6 percent down in July

In July 2020, the average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 5.8 percent down on July 2019.

Rebasing the output price index of newly built dwellings, 2005=100

From the first quarter 2009 onwards the output index is published with 2005 as the new base year. This article describes the changes that have been made with this rebasing.

Quality report on Labour Disablement Benefits Statistics

The aim of this report is to explain the aim, process, method and publication policy in the production and use of the disablement benefits statistics to the users. We also focus on the quality of the output.

Quality report on General Old Age Pensions Act

Statistical disclosure control

Statistics Netherlands is required by law to protect the privacy of its respondents as well as it can. This process, called statistical disclosure control, can be carried out in various ways. This report describes methods available at Statistics Netherlands for statistical disclosure control of both microdata and quantitative tables. In addtion, the protection of frequency tables and analysis results is discussed.

Macro integration - data reconciliation

Macro-economic statistics published by Statistics Netherlands must be consistent. The figure for GDP calculated according to the income approach, for example, must be the same as the figure calculated according to the production approach. To make macro-economic figures consistent, first of all large measurement errors are corrected, and then the remaining discrepancies are solved. The latter process is also called reconciliation. This report describes a number of mathematical reconciliation methods.

Macro-integration: Multivariate Denton

Benchmarking is a specific type of reconciliation problem in macro-integration. It consists of reconciling systems of accounts based on different periods (e.g. quarterly versus annual accounts). This report contains an extension of the multivariate Denton method for benchmarking (see also the report ‘Macro-integration: Data reconciliation’). The extension comprises soft restrictions, inequality restrictions and ratio restrictions.

Data visualisation

One important part of making official statistics is how to present the statistical information. The aim of data visualisation is to makes patterns in the data – such as changes, trends, deviations, correlations and outliers – clearer for users. It visualises the story in the figures. This report describes the potential pitfalls of using graphics and maps to present statistical data. It gives a number of guidelines for the correct presentation of statistical information, and refers to the available literature on this subject.

Glossary

Index numbers

An index or index number combines relative changes in various variables into one figure. Price and volume indices are important indicators in economic statistics. They give aggregated information on changes in prices and volumes of goods and services. A well-known example is the consumer price index. This report examines the most often used index formulas and their characteristics.

Quality report on Unemployment Benefits Statistics

The aim of this report is to explain the aim, process, method and publication policy in the production and use of the unemployment benefits statistics to the users. We also focus on the quality of the output.

Method description New dwellings; output price indices building costs, 2010 = 100

This document describes the methodology of the output price index (OPINW) for newly built dwellings.