Investments nearly 5 percent up in January

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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 4.9 percent up in January 2019 relative to the same month last year. Investments growth was more substantial than in the preceding month. In January, investments were up mainly in residential property, office buildings and machinery, relative to January 2018.

Investment data have not been adjusted for working days. January 2019 has the same number of working days as January 2018. According to the CBS Investment Radar, conditions for investments in the Netherlands are slightly more favourable in March 2019 than they were in January 2019.

Investments in tangible fixed assets (volume)
YearMonthchange (year-on-year % change)
2015February6.2
2015March16.3
2015April9.8
2015May11.5
2015June23.4
2015July10.9
2015August15.0
2015September11.9
2015October3.6
2015November14.0
2015December20.4
2016January7.7
2016February21.5
2016March3.6
2016April12.2
2016May8.0
2016June12.6
2016July9.8
2016August12.7
2016September11.3
2016October4.1
2016November4.0
2016December-2.8
2017January8.0
2017February2.5
2017March11.8
2017April-0.3
2017May17.5
2017June-0.4
2017July11.5
2017August9.1
2017September4.8
2017October9.6
2017November10.6
2017December-1.6
2018January14.3
2018February2.7
2018March5.4
2018April11.2
2018May2.6
2018June6.8
2018July4.8
2018August5.9
2018September0.3
2018October6.0
2018November3.6
2018December2.8
2019January4.9

Investment climate slightly more favourable in March than in January

Every month, CBS publishes updates on the investment climate in the CBS Investment Radar. Relevant circumstances for the investment climate include the situation on the sales and financial markets. Although the Radar indicators show a strong correlation with investments in fixed assets, improved circumstances are not necessarily translated into increased growth in investments.

According to the CBS Investment Radar, the investment climate in the Netherlands is slightly more favourable in March than it was in January. The year-on-year decline in exports changed into growth and the drop in share prices into an increase.

The figures in this publication are provisional and may be revised upwards or downwards.

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