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Number of vacancies again drops sharply
The sharp decline in the number of unfilled vacancies continued into the first quarter of 2009.
Spending on health care and welfare levels off
According to the most recent figures, the costs of health care and welfare amounted to 87.6 billion euro in 2010, a 3.6 percent increase relative to 2009. Over the period 2004-2008, the costs of care...
Second quarter economic growth slightly higher than previously estimated
Figures put Dutch economic growth at 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2007 compared with the same quarter last year.
Public spending up by just over 6 percent
The Dutch government spent 150 billion euro in 2007. This is 6.3 percent more than in 2006.
Fewer jobs lost
In the fourth quarter of last year, 147 thousand jobs of employees were lost compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, a reduction by 1.8 percent.
International trade up in September
The volume of goods imports into the Netherlands was 7 percent higher in September 2005 than in September 2004. The volume of exports was 5 percent higher than twelve months previously.
Over 76 million passengers travel via Dutch airports
Amsterdam Schiphol and the other four large airports recorded an increase in passenger arrivals and departures in 2017.
Consumer spending up by 2.7 percent in April
Dutch consumer spending was 2.7 percent up in April 2017 from April 2016.
Manufacturing output up again in March
Average daily output by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 4 percent up in March 2017.
Consumer spending up by almost 1 percent in February
Dutch consumer spending was 0.8 percent up in February 2017 from February 2016
Household consumption over 2 percent up
Dutch household consumption was 2.3 percent up in August 2017.
Consumer spending up by 2.5 percent in December
Consumer spending was 2.5 percent up in December. Consumers spent more on household appliances, furnishing and cars.
Largest increase in consumer spending in six years
Dutch consumer spending was 2.8 percent up in November 2016 from November 2015; the largest increase in 6 years.
Two-thirds of summer holidays booked online
In the summer period of 2017, three out of four Dutch people (12.7 million) went on holiday one or more times. Nearly nine in ten holidays were spent in Europe, with Germany being the favourite...
Producer confidence hardly changes
Confidence among Dutch manufacturers stood at 8.9 in December.
Sustained growth manufacturing output
The average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry in January 2016 was 2.8 percent up from the same month last year. This is mainly due to considerable production growth in the...
Inflation rate Caribbean Netherlands further up
The inflation rate in the Caribbean Netherlands increased substantially in the second quarter of 2014, just as in the first quarter. Following a period of extremely high inflation in 2011, the rate...
Fewer unemployed
In the period February-April 2010, unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 459 thousand.
growth care expenditure at lowest level in 15 years
Last year, total spending on care rose by 1.6 percent, i.e. less than in prior years. This is partly due to the fact that the growth in medicine consumption slowed down and the average price level of...
Economic growth fourth quarter adjusted upward to 4.5 percent
Dutch economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2007 was 4.5 percent relative to one year previously. The second economic growth estimate is 0.1 percentage points higher than the first dating back to...