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Retail turnover up again
Dutch retail turnover was again higher in 2007 than in the preceding year. The growth rate was 3.7 percent.
Considerable increase in expensive homes worth over one million euro
According to the Act on Property Assessment (WOZ), there were over 24.5 thousand houses in the Netherlands with a value of 1 million euro or more on 1 January 2008. This is an increase by...
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Retail turnover nearly 5 percent up in April
Dutch retail sector achieved nearly 5 percent turnover growth in April year-on-year.
Disposable household income further down
The disposable household income has dropped for the fourth year in a row. Adjusted for inflation, the disposable household income dropped 0.4 percent in 2011, the same as in 2010 and this was largely...
Disposable household income lower in 2010
The disposable household income in 2010 was lower than in 2009. After correction for inflation, the decline was 1.4 percent, but consumer spending was 0.4 percent higher.
Incomes rising slightly, household debts continue to fall
In the first quarter of 2014 the net real disposable income > of households was 0.2 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2013. It is the first rise in two years. Household debt fell by 2.4...
National problems hardly related to regions
There is hardly any difference between what Dutch people in urban and rural areas define as urgent national problems.
Retail turnover 4.5 percent up in July
The Dutch retail sector achieved 4.5 percent turnover growth in July.
Consumer spending up by 1.6 percent in March
Dutch consumer spending was 1.6 percent up in March 2017.
Consumer spending up by more than 2 percent in May
Dutch consumer spending was more than 2 percent up in May 2017 from May 2016.
Agricultural exports under pressure
In the first four months of 2015, the value of agricultural exports was 2.7 percent down from the same period last year. The value of exports of dairy, cattle and meat fell substantially. Exports of...
modest decrease investments
Statistics Netherlands announced today that the volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was 0.4 percent lower in November 2014 than in November 2013. The modest decrease is mainly caused by...
consumer confidence positive for the first time in 7.5 years
For the first time since the summer of 2007, the mood among Dutch consumers is positive. According to Statistics Netherlands, the consumer confidence indicator rose from -7 in February to + 2 in...
Assets of pension funds and insurance companies unchanged in second quarter
The total value of assets of pension funds and insurance companies hardly changed in the second quarter of 2004 from the first quarter. These institutions owned assets worth a total 830 billion euro...
More innovation, better education and more environmental awareness required to maintain current prosperity level
The quality of life is high in the Netherlands compared to other European countries, but it seems impossible to retain this level of prosperity in the long run.
One in six single female old age pensioners have low supplementary incomes
In 2012, nearly 2 million households received old age pensions. In 173 thousand cases, the supplementary incomes of over-65 households did not exceed 250 euros a month. Among these households were...