Netherlands Business survey, region, month 1989-2023

Table explanation

Description topics

Turnover and selling prices

The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "Our turnover / marketing in the last three months increased
remained unchanged or decreased? "
- "Our turnover / marketing in the next three months will grow,
remain unchanged or decrease? "
- "Our selling prices / rates over the next three months
will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? ".

Turnover next three months

Weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our total turnover will increase over the next three months,
remain unchanged or decrease? "

Balance turnover next three months

The weighted response rate of producers with an expected increase in
turnover minus the weighted response rate of producers with an expected decrease in turnover. This balance shows the expected development of turnover in the next three months.

Selling prices / rates next three months

Selling prices / rates next three months
weighted response rates to the question:
- "Our selling prices / rates over the next three months will
rise, remain unchanged or fall? "

Balance selling prices / rates

The weighted response rate of producers who expect a
rise of selling prices / rates, minus the weighted respons rate of
producers who expect a fall of selling prices / rates.
This balance provides insight into the expected development of selling
prices / rates in the next three months.

Orders (intake and placed)

The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The value of the total orders received in the last three months
increased, remained unchanged or decreased? '.
- "The value of the orders we expect to place with suppliers in the next
three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? "
- "The total order book shows - during normal working hours - .. months
of work? "
- "The total order position, we assess, given the time of year
as (too) large, normal or (too) small? "
- "The foreign order books, we assess, given the time of the years,
as (too) large, normal or (too) small? "
The order book is presented as an index (September 2011 = 100),
representing the number of months of work in hand, including any work
for bringing the stocks up to an appropriate level.

Orders placed next three months

Weighted response rates to the question:
- "The value of the orders we expect to place with suppliers in the next
three months will increase, remain unchanged or decrease? "

Balance purchase orders

The weighted response rate of producers with an expected
increase of purchase orders minus the weighted response rate of
producers with an expected decrease. This balance provides insight
into the expected evolution of purchase orders in the next three months.

Workforce

The weighted response rates to the questions:
- "The staff in the last three months
increased, remained unchanged or decreased? "
- "The staff will be in the next three months
increase, remain unchanged or decrease?

Workforce next three months

The weighted response rates to the question:
- "The staff will be in the next three months
increase, remain unchanged or decrease?

Balance workforce next three months

The weighted response rate of producers with an expected
increase in staff strength minus the weighted response rate of producers
with an expected decrease in staff strength in the next three months.
This balance provides insight into the development of staff strength in
the next three months.

Economic climate

The weighted response rates on the statements:
- "The economic climate for our business has improved, remained unchanged
or declined in the last three months."
- "The economic climate in the next three months for our
company is expected to improve, remain unchanged or decline? "

Economic climate next three months

The weighted response rates to the question:
- "We expect the economic climate for our company
to improve, remain unchanged or decline in the last three months."

Balance economic climate next 3 months

The weighted response rate of producers indicating that
the economic climate in the next three months will improve minus the
weighted response rate that it will decline.
This balance represents the expected development of the economic
climate over the next three months compared with the previous three
months.