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Record turnover for hotels and restaurants sector
In the first quarter of 2007, turnover in the sector hotels and restaurants improved 9 percent relative to the same period last year. Prices rose by 3.4 percent. This turnover increase was the...
Consumers more pessimistic about economic climate
The mood among consumers has deteriorated over the past few months. This was also the case in June.
More vacancies
In April 2004 the turnover of the Dutch retail trade was 1.5 percent lower than in April 2003. Turnovers have been lower than in the same month of the previous year ever since March 2003. Retail...
Manufacturing expects hefty rise in investment
Manufacturing companies in the Netherlands expect a 19 percent increase in fixed capital formation this year compared with 2006.
Household consumption up in July
Households spent more in July 2005 than in July 2004. The volume of domestic consumption was 0.5 percent greater than in July 2004. This is the second slight increase in a row.
Producer Prices (2000=100) by ProdCom
Price index information according to the (European) ProdCom nomenclature for commodities sold, imported, exported in the Netherlands
Marginal increase number of vacancies
There were 130 thousand unfilled job vacancies by the end of last year.
158 thousand lorries cross the European borders every day
On average, European hauliers made 158 thousand international road transport trips carrying loads across one or more European borders every day in 2014. Dutch transport companies accounted for more...
Dutch house prices nearly 4 percent up from one year previously
Prices of owner-occupied houses (excluding new constructions) were on average 3.8 percent higher in November 2015 than in November 2014. This is the most substantial year-on-year price increase in...
Africa increasingly important for Dutch exports
Over the period 2008-2014, the share of Dutch goods exported to Africa has grown from 2.6 to 3.3 percent. In 2014, the value of exports to Africa was more than 14.2 billion euros and exceeded the...
Rising trend in homelessness appears to have come to an end
Early 2013, more than 25 thousand people in the Netherlands were homeless; 39 percent of homeless are living in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam. One in five homeless are women. Homeless...
number of bankruptcies continues to fall
According to Statistics Netherlands, the number of bankruptcies of businesses and institutions corrected for the number of court session days in June 2015 was down 35 from May.
More bankruptcies due to extra court session day
According to Statistics Netherlands, 524 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in September 2014, 59 more than in the preceding month. The increase was...
Manufacturing prices fall less rapidly
Selling prices of Dutch manufacturing industry were 0.5 percent lower in May 2014 than in May 2013. Prices of manufactured products have been down from twelve months previously for well over a year...
Manufacturing prices lower
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, selling prices of Dutch manufactured products were 1.3 percent lower in August 2014 than in August 2013.
Dutch interest rate exceptionally low
The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan dropped further to an average of 1.2 percent in August, i.e. 0.2 percentage point down from July.
Retail turnover 0.9 percent down from same month last year
The most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands show that retail turnover was 0.9 percent down in November 2013 from November 2012. Retail prices were at the same level as one year ago....
Dutch interest rate exceptionally low
The Dutch long-term interest rate based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan dropped further to an average of 1 percent in October, i.e. 0.1 percentage point down from September.
June average month for retail sector
Retail turnover was 1.9 percent down in June 2014 from the same month last year. Sales were down and retail prices also fell marginally.
Inflation lower due to gas and electricity
The Dutch inflation rate in January 2010 was 0.8 percent. This is 0.3 percent point lower than in December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months.
Further rise in job vacancies
The vacancy indicator provides a quick indication of the trend in job vacancies in the private sector. For the first time in three years, the indicator was positive in April. In May, the indicator...