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In January 2010, 480 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies was reduced by nearly 70 relative to December...

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods reached an unprecedented level of deterioration in December 2009. Prices of imported goods were 1.5 percent up on one year previously and prices of...

Turnover of the Dutch retail trade in 2009 was down by 4.9 percent on 2008. The volume dipped by 4.8 percent in 2009. Prices stayed about the same. This means that the turnover in the retail trade...

After adjusting for seasonal effects, 122 thousand jobs were vacant by the end of December 2009, a decrease by 6 thousand relative to the end of September.

Dutch economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 relative to the same quarter one year previously.

The Dutch economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. The decrease is much smaller than in the first three quarters of 2009

The number of jobs of employees in the Netherlands was 147 thousand lower in the fourth quarter of 2009 than one year previously. This is a 1.8 percent decrease.

According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands, the seasonally adjusted number of unfilled job vacancies was 122 thousand at the end of December 2009, i.e. 6 thousand fewer...

The Dutch inflation rate in January 2010 was 0.8 percent. This is 0.3 percent point lower than in December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months.

In January, Dutch inflation was 0.8 percent, i.e. down 0.3 percentage points on December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months

Manufacturing turnover was 3 percent up in December 2009 on December 2008, whereas in November manufacturing turnover was 4 percent down on November 2008

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.5 percent in January. The rate has hardly changed compared to December 2009.

Factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were 1 percent higher in December 2009 than one year previously. Prices rose for the first time after a year of price cuts.

The volume of goods exports was 2 percent smaller in November 2009 than twelve months previously. In October, the decrease was 6 percent. The reason the decrease was smaller in November is that the...

Dutch Manufacturers reduced their stocks of finished products by more than 12 percent in November 2009 relative to November 2008. Since March 2009, stocks have continually been smaller than one year...

In January, the number of Dutch business services providers expecting turnover to increase outnumbered those expecting a decline by 14 percent, as against 3 percent in December.

In January 2010, Dutch manufacturers were somewhat more pessimistic than in December 2009. The producer confidence index fell from -8.1 to -8.3, but manufacturers were much more optimistic about...

Interest on the latest ten-year government bond was 3.4 percent in December 2009. Interest on Dutch government bonds is currently below the eurozone average.

Dutch household spending on goods and services was 2.7 percent lower in November 2009 than in November 2008.

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses sold in December were on average 5.3 percent lower than in December 2008.

Consumer confidence hardly changed in January 2010. The indicator stood at -10, as against -11 in the preceding month. As a result of this minor improvement, the upward trend in consumer confidence...

In the period October–December 2009, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 425 thousand, an increase of 11 thousand on the period September - November.

Retail turnover dropped by 6.4 percent in November 2009 relative to the same month one year previously.