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In the period March–May 2010, seasonally adjusted unemployment totalled 431 thousand, a decline by 7 thousand on the period February–April 2010.

The economy shrank in all twelve provinces in 2009.

Last year, 35.4 thousand new businesses were started, a decline by 9 percent relative to 2008.

In the fourth quarter of last year, 147 thousand jobs of employees were lost compared to the fourth quarter of 2008, a reduction by 1.8 percent.

Last year, Dutch expenditure on health care and welfare amounted to 83.8 billion euro.

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in April 2010 relative to April 2009. Prices of imported goods were 9.0 percent higher, while prices of exported goods rose by 7.0...

In April, marketing prices in Dutch manufacturing were nearly 11 percent up on April 2009.

The total building sum of new orders for architectural firms in 2009 was more than 41 percent down on 2008.

In 2008, almost the entire volume of sludge from the Dutch sewerage system was incinerated.

In March, Dutch inflation was 1.0 percent, i.e. 0.2 percentage points up on February.

The Dutch economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. The decrease was much smaller than in the first three quarters of 2009.

Employees retire at a later age. In 2007, the average age of retirement had risen to 62.

In April, the number of business services providers expecting turnover to increase in the next three months easily outnumbered those expecting a decline. However, the difference was somewhat less...

Last year, the Dutch population aged 15 years and older faced 6.3 million offences, an increase by 0.4 million relative to the preceding year.

Just over 5 percent of total Dutch exports went to Italy in 2009. This makes Italy the fifth largest receiver of Dutch exports in terms of value.

The mood among Dutch consumers has deteriorated in April 2010. The consumer confidence indicator stands at -15, against -12 in March. Consumers were clearly more pessimistic about the future.

In March 2010, Dutch inflation was 1.0 percent, i.e. 0.2 percentage points up on February.

Household spending on goods and services was 1.1 percent lower in February 2010 than in February 2009. In January, household spending was 0.7 percent down on one year previously. Households have been...

In recent years, fewer children were adopted in the Netherlands. Over the period 2004-2008, the number of adoptions was almost reduced by half.

The Dutch economy grew by 0.1 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2009. The marginal increase was preceded by five quarters of negative growth.

The Dutch economic growth in the first quarter of 2010 at 0.1 percent compared with the same quarter last year.

After adjustment for seasonal effects, 113 thousand jobs were vacant at the end of March 2010 in the Netherlands, 11 thousand fewer than at the end of December.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.3 percent in April, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point less than in March.