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More Syrian asylum seekers and following relatives
In Q3 2019, the Netherlands received 5,910 asylum seekers and 1,200 following family members.
Economic situation virtually unchanged
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation has remained virtually unchanged in December compared to the previous four months.
Higher investments, mainly in residential property
Higher investments, mainly in residential property
Growth investments slows down
Growth investments slows down
Considerable growth investments
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets grew by 16.7 percent in February 2016 relative to February 2015.
Dutch manufacturers less positive
Producer confidence among Dutch manufacturers has deteriorated in January 2020.
Deaths; accidents, residents, 1996-2017
Dutch residents died in the given year due to an accident mainly traffic accidents, accidental falls, drowning or poisoning
Manufacturing output prices almost 3 percent up
Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were on average 2.6 percent up in December 2019 year-on-year.
Internationalisation Monitor 2016, second quarter
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) describes recent developments in globalisation.
Economic situation is improving
Economic situation is improving
Rijks Data Science Programme kicks off
Article about the official launch of the ‘Rijks Data Science Programme’,
Export growth over 3 percent in August
The total volume of goods exports grew by 3.2 percent percent in August relative to August 2017.
Use of air-source heat pumps has increased
In 2017, 80 thousand heat pumps were installed which extract heat from the outside air.
Unemployment down to 6 percent
The Netherlands had 541 thousand unemployed in July, equivalent to 6.0 percent of the labour force.
GDP growth rate 0.5 percent in Q1 2019
According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands GDP expanded by 0.5 percent in Q1 2019 relative to the previous quarter.
Consumer confidence hardly changed
The Dutch consumer confidence indicator stands at -3 in January.Both opinions on the economic climate and consumers’ willingness to buy remain more or less the same.
France most affected by US import tariffs
The recent US import tariffs on competing goods exported by EU countries are affecting France most severely. Goods include aircraft and wines, at an export value of 2.7 bn euros in 2018.
Many aspects of well-being improving – but not all
Longer-term trends in many areas of well-being in the Netherlands are upwards, and some aspects have shown recent further improvement. There have also been deteriorations, particularly in the areas...
Dutch exporters facing more trade regulations
Since establishment of the WTO in 1995, import tariffs have declined around the world. Exporters nevertheless have to comply with more and more regulations.
First Academic Data Centre launched in Groningen
a more efficient form of collaboration and specifically work together in the disciplines of methodology and data science
More elderly active on social media
Social media usage among the elderly has soared in recent years. The group 65 to 74-year-olds in particular have become increasingly active users. In 2019, 76 percent of the respondents in this age...
Steady growth investments
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets grew by 4.4 percent in May 2016 relative to the same month last year.
Spark: more computing capacity for big data productions
with Spark enables researchers and statisticians to process large amounts of data at high speed
Economic situation improves further
The economic situation is improving further in April.
More goats but fewer pigs and cattle
The number of goats in the Netherlands has increased this year.