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According to the price index of existing owner-occupied houses – a joint publication by Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry Office – prices of houses sold in February 2010 were on average...

The Dutch economy grew by 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the same period in 2009, versus 1.8 percent in the third quarter compared to last year’s third quarter.

The value of goods imported to and exported from the Netherlands was higher in May 2004 than in the same month of 2003. Imports were 8 percent higher at 17.8 billion euro. Exports were 6 percent up...

486 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the second quarter of 2004. This is 90 thousand more than in the second quarter of 2003. In the first quarter of 2004 the year-on-year...

People with a non-western background fairly frequently indicate that Dutch is a difficult language for them. Turks find it harder than Moroccans to speak, read and write Dutch.

According to the most recent figures retail sales were 0.7 percent down in July 2011 on the same month last year.

The Netherlands had an average of 499 thousand unemployed in the period February – April of 2004. This is 113 thousand more than in the same period of 2003.Over the last three months an average of...

The value of retail sales was 4.1 percent down in December 2012 from December 2011.

In the period May-July 2005 there were on average 499 thousand people unemployed. The seasonally corrected figure was 493 thousand, the same as in April-June 2005. Seasonally corrected unemployment...

In the third quarter the turnover of hotels and restaurants was down 0.4 percent on the same period in 2003. The decrease in the second quarter was 1.2 percent. Only fast food outlets saw a turnover...

Unemployment averaged 285 thousand in the period October-December 2008, i.e. 3.7 percent of the labour force.

In August 2004, turnover in the Dutch retail trade was down by 5.6 percent on August 2003. This decrease is largely due to a less favourable shopping day pattern in August 2004 compared to 2003....

After three years of slumping sales, an increase in commercial vehicle sales was recorded during the first nine months of 2015. The number of sales of new lorries and tractor units for semitrailers...

All islands of Caribbean Netherlands realised economic growth in 2013.

Prices of existing owner-occupied dwellings were on average 3.7 percent lower in December 2013 than in December 2012. The price drop relative to one year previously is less substantial than in in...

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 1.8 percent in September 2012, the same rate as in July and August.

According to the most recent figures, retail sales in June 2012 were up by 1 percent on June 2011. Prices were 1.9 percent higher, while the sales volume contracted by 0.9 percent.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 1.6 percent in December 2012. This is the lowest level in decades.

According to Statistics Netherlands, manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were 3.7 percent up in June 2014 from June 2013. Stocks in manufacturing industry have been larger than twelve months...