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Consumer confidence down again
After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence is -29 in December 2004, i.e. 2 points down on last month. For the fourth month on the trot confidence is below the level of the previous...
Record number of bankruptcies
Over 10 thousand bankruptcies were declared in 2005, the highest number ever.
Dutch consumer more pessimistic about the future
The mood among Dutch consumers weakened further in October. The consumer confidence indicator fell by 3 points to – 33.
Consumers borrow just as much as in 2006
Dutch consumers borrowed 10.4 billion euro in 2007, the same amount as in 2006.
Income support at lowest level for 25 years
The number of income support claimants under 65 years of age fell by 27 thousand to 302 thousand last year. This is the lowest level for 25 years.
Dutch exports down 3 percent in November
In November 2003 the value of Dutch imports and exports of goods was lower than in November 2002. De exports were 3 percent below the November 2002 level, reaching a value of 19.4 billion euro....
Unemployment further down
328 thousand persons (4.3 percent of the total labour force) were unemployed in the period July-September 2007.
Foreign trade up 6 percent in June
The value of imports to and exports from the Netherlands was 6 percent higher in June than in the same month last year. Imports amounted to 20.7 billion euro, exports to 23.8 billion euro.
Inflation rate down to 1.1 percent
Dutch inflation was 1.1 percent in August 2007, i.e. 0.4 percentage points lower than in July, when consumer prices were on average 1.5 percent higher than one year previously.
Steady fall in income support benefits
The number of people aged under 65 claiming income support benefit fell by 7 thousand in the second quarter of 2007. 290 thousand people were claiming income support at the end of June 2007.
Unemployment virtually unchanged
Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the period August-October 2006 averaged 413 thousand, almost the same as in the period July-September 2006.
Common crime down slightly
A quarter of the population indicated that they had been the victim of common crime in 2003. This is les than in 2002, but about the same as in the years before that. Theft and vandalism decreased,...
Unemployment rate stable
In the second quarter of 2005 unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 494 thousand.
Unemployment down
According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), seasonally adjusted unemployment was reduced by 21 thousand to 653 thousand in November 2013, i.e. 8.2 percent in the...
Unemployment further down
An average 460 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed in the third quarter of 2004. After correction for seasonal effects total unemployment amounted to 460 thousand in this period.
Manufacturers expect to invest more
Dutch manufacturing companies expect to invest 2 percent more this year than in 2003. The increase in investment in 2004 is dampened by companies in the chemical industry, which expect to spend 37...
Slight fall in consumer confidence
After adjustment for seasonal effects, consumer confidence in the Netherlands has fallen by 4 points in March, to -26. This slight fall follows a large increase in confidence in February. Consumer...