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Consumer confidence down
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is 4 points lower in October than in September. This is the second month in a row that consumer confidence has fallen; in...
Lowest inflation rate in fifteen years
Dutch consumer prices were on average 1.0 percent higher in September 2004 than in September 2003. This brings the inflation rate down to the lowest level since June 1989. Compared to August 2004 the...
Job loss increasing to 119 thousand
In the second quarter of 2004 there were 119 thousand employee jobs less than in the second quarter of 2003. This means job losses increased to 1.6 percent. The private sector had 148 thousand fewer...
Consumer confidence down slightly
After correction for seasonal effect consumer confidence in the Netherlands is 3 points lower in September than it was in August. Confidence has been around -20 since July this year. This is the...
Inflation unchanged at 1.1 percent in August
Consumer price index, consumer prices were on average 1.1 percent higher in August 2004 than in August 2003. This is the same rate as in July. Cheaper potatoes, vegetables and petrol curbed inflation...
Producers' confidence unchanged
Producers’ confidence in the manufacturing industry is 0.5 in August. This is the same as in July. Producers’ confidence is now well above the low point in June 2003. In August producers were again...
Consumer confidence stable
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands is -19 in August 2004. This is almost the same as in July. This is the highest level for consumer confidence in the last...
Consumption slightly up in June
The volume of domestic consumption was 0.6 percent larger in June 2004 than in the same month last year. Spending on goods was about the same as twelve months previously, while spending on services...
Dutch economy grows 1.0 percent in second quarter 2004
The Dutch economy in the second quarter of 2004 saw a 1.0 percent growth rate compared to one year earlier. The growth rate is virtually the same as in the first quarter of 2004. Although employment...
Inflation rate drops to 1.1 percent in July
Consumer price index, inflation in July 2004 was 1.1 percent, 0.3 of a percent point down on June. The average rent increase, effective from 1 July 2004, was 3.1 percent.
Producer confidence in decline
Producer confidence in manufacturing industry fell to 0.5 in July 2004, slightly below June’s 1.9. The upward trend since the low point in June 2003 was interrupted for the second time by the decline...
Consumer confidence continues to rise
In July 2004 the seasonally corrected figure for Dutch consumer confidence reached -21. This is 4 points up on June. For the second month in a row consumer confidence is rising. In July it has...
Consumers still cautious in May
The volume of domestic consumption by households was 0.6 percent smaller in May 2004 than in May last year after correction for the composition of shopping days. Before correction the volume was 2.7...
Inflation down to 1.4 percent in June
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.4 percent in June 2004, 0.1 of a percent point lower than in May. Lower petrol prices pushed down inflation in June.
Consumer confidence up slightly
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence rose by 3 points from May, to -25 in June 2004. Consumers are less negative about the economic situation than last month.
Consumers again reticent in April
The volume of domestic household consumption in April 2004 was almost identical to that of April 2003. There is a difference in shopping day pattern though. When corrected for this difference,...