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In June, the Dutch inflation rate dropped for the third month in a row to reach 1.4 percent, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on May. Especially prices of food and clothes had a downward effect on...

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 4.0 percent in June. This is 0.1 percentage points up on May. June was the third month in...

Pet owners have faced substantial increases in the costs of their animals in recent years. Since  2006 prices of pets and pet-related products and services have risen by more than inflation

The Dutch inflation rate in May 2009 was 1.6 percent.

The inflation rate in April 2009 was 1.8 percent. This is 0.2 percent point lower than in March.

Dutch inflation stood at 2.0 percent in March 2009, the same as in February.

Inflation in the Netherlands was 2.0 percent in February, i.e. 0.1 percentage points up on January.

Water tax proceeds have risen from 1,130 million euro in 1995 to 2,165 million euro in 2009. The water tax rate has risen nearly twice as fast as the inflation rate.

Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.9 percent in January, the same as in December 2008.

The inflation rate in the Netherlands averaged 1.9 percent in December, i.e. 0.4 percentage points down on November. For the fourth month running, the rate was lower than in the preceding month.

Dutch inflation was 2.3 percent in November 2008. This is substantially lower than a few months earlier, when steadily increasing oil and food prices threatened to push up inflation. In July and...

Although the excise on cigarettes went up in July 2008, smokers only started paying more in November.

The economic downswing will not necessarily have an immediate effect on household income in the Netherlands. Employment is still growing, and collectively negotiated wage increases are larger for...