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At the end of June 2011, there were 137 thousand job vacancies, i.e. 2 thousand more than at the end of March. The private sector accounted entirely for the increase. The number of job vacancies grew...

Household spending on goods and services in December 2011 was 1.3 percent down on twelve months previously. The decline is slightly less substantial than in the preceding months.

The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated in September. The producer confidence indicator stood at -6.7 versus -4.6 in August. In the preceding four months, producer confidence had remained...

The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated further in November. Sentiments about future output, in particular were more negative. The producer confidence indicator dropped from –3.2 in October...

The average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was 3 percent higher in July 2011 than in July 2010. Production growth was slightly higher than in June.

Retail turnover was 1 percent up in February 2012 from February 2011.

In the first quarter of 2009, turnover for the sector hotels and restaurants was 6.1 percent down on the same quarter one year previously. A similar reduction has not been recorded since the sector...

In April 2012, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 1 percent up on April 2011.The increase was much smaller than in February and March (6 percent).

The average daily production realised by Dutch manufacturing industry was nearly 2 percent down in February 2013 from February 2012. The decline was less substantial than in January, when output was...

The number of jobs of employees was 156 thousand lower in the first quarter of 2010 than in the first quarter of 2009; a decline by 2.0 percent.

The Dutch inflation rate was 2.9 percent in June and 2.8 percent in May. The increase was mainly due to petrol prices. Food prices had a downward effect on inflation.

Household spending on goods and services was at the same level in September 2012 as in September 2011. In the preceding 13 months, consumption decreased.

In 2008, nearly 68 thousand employees went into retirement. The average age was 62.

The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 3.5 percent up in March compared to the same month last year.

The Dutch consumer confidence indicator stands at 12, just as it did in October.

Prices of owner-occupied houses were almost 8 percent higher in July 2017 than in July last year.

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 6.0 percent up in July 2014 from July 2013. Stocks in manufacturing industry have been larger than twelve months previously for four months in a row...

Selling prices of Dutch manufacturing industry were 0.4 percent up in June 2014 from June 2013. For the first time since more than a year, prices of manufactured products are higher than twelve...

The sector hotels and restaurants reported a 4.5 percent higher turnover in the third quarter of 2006 than one year previously. Prices increased by nearly 2 percent, hence the volume of turnover rose...

In September 2011, Dutch retailers faced 1 percent loss of turnover compared to September 2010.

The Dutch inflation rate was 2.8 percent in August. In July, inflation had reached the highest level in nearly half a decade (3.1 percent).

Turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 0.8 percent down in August from August 2012. Prices of retail commodities were on average 2.4 percent higher. The volume of retail sales fell by 3.1...

Turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 1.2 percent up in July from July 2012. Prices of retail commodities were 2.8 percent higher. The volume of retail sales fell by 1.6 percent relative...