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Record turnover for hotels and restaurants sector
In the first quarter of 2007, turnover in the sector hotels and restaurants improved 9 percent relative to the same period last year. Prices rose by 3.4 percent. This turnover increase was the...
Marginal increase number of vacancies
There were 130 thousand unfilled job vacancies by the end of last year.
Manufacturing expects hefty rise in investment
Manufacturing companies in the Netherlands expect a 19 percent increase in fixed capital formation this year compared with 2006.
Drop in house prices less substantial
Prices of existing owner-occupied houses were on average 1.1 percent lower in March 2011 than in March 2010.
Dutch consumers pessimistic about their own financial situation for 2012
The mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated further in December. The consumer confidence indicator dropped 5 points to -37. Consumers were particularly negative about their own financial...
Household consumption up in July
Households spent more in July 2005 than in July 2004. The volume of domestic consumption was 0.5 percent greater than in July 2004. This is the second slight increase in a row.
Dutch consumers more pessimistic about future economy
Dutch consumers were far more negative about the economic situation in June than in May, but their willingness to buy improved. Overall, the mood among consumers remained about as negative as in May....
Consumers more pessimistic about economic climate
The mood among consumers has deteriorated over the past few months. This was also the case in June.
Modest growth for hotels and restaurants
Figures released today show that turnover in the Dutch hotel and restaurant sector was 1.5 percent higher in the second quarter of 2012 than in the same quarter last year. Compared with the first...
Dutch inflation rate further down
Inflation in the Netherlands was 0.8 percent in March 2014, as against 1.1 percent in February. In March, the lowest level in nearly four years was reached.
Social participation and the environment
The survey consists of two parts. The first part focuses on changing perceptions regarding problems that can occur in areas where people live, such as noise pollution and other types of nuisance, and...
Dutch hauliers cover 470 million kilometres on Belgian roads
Altogether, Dutch hauliers covered 470 million km in Belgium last year. The introduction in 2016 of the kilometre levy on Belgian roads threatens to cost the Dutch road transport sector tens of...
Number of social security benefits up by 26 thousand in 2010
The latest figures published show that the number of social security benefits granted to people under the age of 65 has risen by 26 thousand over 2010. The number of social security benefits paid out...
Job vacancies at record level
The number of job vacancies has never been so high.
Three people born in the nineteenth century still alive
Three people born in the nineteenth century are currently still alive. They belong to the exclusive yet rapidly growing group of centenarians in the Netherlands.
Dutch exports 12 percent higher in September
In September 2004 the value of the exports of goods was 12 percent higher than in September 2003, reaching 23.2 billion euro. Dutch imports were also up by 12 percent, reaching 19.7 billion euro.
Bank savings schemes more popular
The aggregate amount deposited in bank savings accounts by Dutch households exceeded 2.4 billion euro at the end of 2009, approximately a fourfold increase relative to twelve months ago.
Dutch interest rate exceptionally low
The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan dropped further to an average of 1 percent in October, i.e. 0.1 percentage point down from September.
Manufacturing prices fall less rapidly
Selling prices of Dutch manufacturing industry were 0.5 percent lower in May 2014 than in May 2013. Prices of manufactured products have been down from twelve months previously for well over a year...
Inflation rate marginally down
The inflation rate in the Netherlands was 1.5 percent in October, i.e. 0.1 percentage points down from October. Dutch inflation reached the lowest level in more than three years.