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The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 1.7 percent in January 2013. In December 2012, the interest rate reached its lowest level in...

Retail turnover was around the same level in the second quarter of 2010 as in the same period last year. This brings the period of decreasing retail turnover to an end. In the five preceding quarters...

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 2.9 percent lower in September 2011 than in September 2010.

In February 2005 the value of Dutch international commodity trade was again higher than in February 2004. Dutch exports reached 21.6 billion euro, 11 percent more than in February 2004. The imports,...

Turnover volume in the sector hotels and restaurants shrank by 6.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 relative to the same quarter of 2007.

The decrease in house prices continued unabated in August 2009, as prices of existing houses sold in that month were 5.6 percent lower on average than twelve months previously.

Manufacturers expect a 3 percent growth of investments this year, relative to 2005. For the second year running, investments are expected to grow in 2006.

Seasonally adjusted series of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.2 percent in January 2012, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on December 2011. In January, the...

In the period May-July 2008, unemployment averaged 308 thousand, i.e. 4.0 percent of the labour force.

In the first quarter of 2013, turnover generated by the sector hotels and restaurants was 1.7 percent down from one year previously.

The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan averaged 1.6 percent in June 2014. In May the interest rate was 1.7 percent.

The Dutch inflation rate climbed to 3.1 percent in July, the highest level since September 2008.

In the period March-May 2008 an average of 313 thousand people was unemployed. This equals 4.1 percent of the labour force. A year earlier the unemployment rate was 4.7 percent.

In the period March – May 2004 an average of 495 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands. That is 109 thousand more than in the same period last year.In the last three months an average of...

Dutch retailers realised a modest increase in turnover in the third quarter of this year.

The mood among consumers has lifted in July. The consumer confidence index stood at -14,  versus -18 in June. Confidence improved after a gradual decline in the preceding months.