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The consumer price index shows that in May 2008 Dutch inflation was 2.3 percent, i.e. 0.3 percentage points up on April. The increase is mainly caused by higher food and fuel prices.

The entrepreneurs in the manufacturing industry expect an 11 percent increase in investments on 2007.

The Dutch retail sector realised 3.1 percent more turnover in April this year than in the same month last year. Prices rose by 2 percent. The volume of sales grew by just over 1 percent.

Nearly 6 in 10 of the Dutch population say they are religious. Only very few of them go to church, to a mosque or other religious assemblies every week, however.

In 2006 an average 1.1 million people aged between 17 and 65 years participated in some form of non-funded education.

Nearly one tenth of Dutch public transport users occasionally feel so unsafe that they opt for an alternative or prefer to stay at home.

On 1 January last year, 7.2 million cars were registered in the Netherlands, an average of 214 per square kilometre. In neighbourhoods where the average house value is low, car density tends to be...

In the second quarter of 2008, selling prices of existing owner-occupied houses were 12.5 percent above the average house value based on the Act on Property Assessment (WOZ) with reference date 1...

After a minor dip in 2005, purchasing power rose markedly in 2006 and 2007 to achieve the best results since 2001.

In 2007 2.8 percent of petrol and diesel sold in the Netherlands consisted of biofuels. This is substantially more than the 0.4 percent in 2006.