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Highest house price increase in almost nine years
Prices of owner-occupied houses were on average 4.6 percent higher in June 2016 than in June 2015.
Consumer confidence further down
The mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated further in March.
Domestic consumption growth slows down due to mild weather conditions
Dutch households spent 2.3 percent less on goods and services in March 2014 than in March 2013. Households used far less natural gas in the first months of 2014 than in the same period in 2013 due to...
Unemployment rises further
Adjusted for seasonal variation, unemployment in the Netherlands numbered 691 thousand people in February 2014, 13 thousand more than in the preceding month. In December 2013 and January 2014,...
Modest increase in stocks of finished products
During the last months of 2013, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were higher than twelve months previously. In December 2013, stocks of finished products were 0.6 percent up from December...
Reduction manufacturing stocks
In September, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were more than 5 percent down on September 2009. The reduction was virtually the same as in August. Stocks of finished products have been...
Retail turnover 1 percent up
Retail turnover was over 1 percent up in December 2011 from December 2010.
Producer confidence soaring
Producer confidence soared in March 2011. The indicator stood at 5.8 versus 1.7 in February. As a result, producer confidence reached the highest level in three years.
Manufacturing output 3 percent up
The average daily output generated in Dutch manufacturing industry was more than 3 percent higher in March 2011 than in March 2010.
Producer confidence hardly changed
The mood among Dutch manufacturers hardly changed in June. The producer confidence indicator stood at – 4.8, compared to – 5.0 in May.
Manufacturing output remains stable
The average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry in April 2012 was approximately the same as in April 2011. In March, output was nearly 2 percent up from one year previously.
Unabated growth manufacturing stocks
Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were nearly 12 percent higher in October 2011 than in October 2010, equalling September’s growth rate. Stocks of finished products have been above the level...
Manufacturing prices marginally higher
Output prices of Dutch manufacturing industry were 0.4 percent higher in January 2013 than in January 2012. The price increase was smaller than in December, when manufacturing prices were 2.0 percent...
Selling prices of manufactured products nearly 4 percent up
Selling prices in Dutch manufacturing industry were 3.8 percent higher in March than twelve months previously.
Manufacturing output marginally down
The average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry in May 2012 was 0.5 percent down from May 2011. The modest decrease was preceded by a small increase in April.
Producer confidence drops back further
Producer confidence fell slightly in May. The indicator stood at 3.1, as against 4.6 in April.
Retail sector performs well
Retail turnover was more than 4 percent higher in November 2010 than in November 2009, the most substantial growth in two years.
Retail turnover down
Turnover in the Dutch retail sector was 0.4 percent smaller in April 2013 than in April 2012. Retail prices were 2.1 percent higher, whereas the volume of retail sales was 2.5 percent smaller.
Private sector cautiously optimistic about job vacancies in July
The Dutch private sector is cautiously optimistic about developments on the job market. The vacancy-indicator was +0.02 in July 2014, versus +0.05 in June.
Factory gate prices manufacturing industry down from one year previously
Selling prices of the Dutch manufacturing industry were 1.7 percent lower in December 2013 than in December 2012. The price fall was less substantial than in November, when manufactured products were...
Growth in manufacturing stocks continues
In March 2011, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were over 6 percent up on March 2010.
Household spending continuously in decline
Household spending on goods and services was 1.8 percent down in May 2013 from May 2012. Consumer spending has been in an almost continuous decline for two years now.
Household consumption down in June
Household spending on goods and services was 0.9 percent lower in June 2011 than in June 2010. This was the first decrease in well over a year.
Substantial growth Dutch economy
The Dutch economy grew by 2.8 percent in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same period one year previously, the most substantial increase in almost three years.