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Economic picture mid-April slightly less favourable
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in mid-April is slightly less favourable than in the previous month.
Unemployment down to pre-pandemic level
In the period August through October, unemployment declined by an average of 4 thousand per month, to 277 thousand in October.
Manufacturers: export order position slightly less weak in June
The order position of exporting manufacturers improved slightly in June compared to the previous month.
Purchased commodities
Goods acquired for the purpose of reselling them without further processing. Includes costs of single use packing material, import duties, costs of temporary storage. Excludes discounts, bonuses,...
Household consumption nearly 9 percent up in May
Consumers spent 8.8 percent more in May 2021 than in May 2020.
Producer confidence at highest level in three years
In May 2021, the mood among Dutch manufacturers has improved further. Producers have not been so positive since June 2018.
Economic picture mid-March virtually unchanged
According to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer, the economic situation in March has hardly changed compared to the previous month.
Internationalisation Monitor 2021, fourth quarter, Exogenous shocks
How did Dutch trade in goods fare during the coronavirus and Brexit shocks? How have trading companies dealt with these exogenous shocks and which traders have been hit the hardest? Which...
Economic contraction 0.8 percent in Q1 2021
According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 0.8 percent in Q1 2021 relative to Q4 2020.
Fewer bankruptcies compared to many EU countries
The number of bankruptcies in the Netherlands is at a historically low level. Since the coronavirus crisis started, this number has been declining each quarter.
Inflation rate down to 1.4 percent in July
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.4 percent higher in July than in the same month last year.
Other multi-person household with children
Private household consisting of a single parent family or couple with adult children living at home, or a single parent family or couple with under age children living at home and other household...
Number of employed further up
In the period July through September, the number of people aged 15 to 74 years in employment grew by 22 thousand per month on average, to 9.1 million in September.
Data scouting in coronavirus times
Data scouting in coronavirus times
Manufacturing output prices almost 13 percent up in May
Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were on average 12.9 percent up in May year-on-year.
Caribbean Netherlands: half of companies use emergency package
As of March 2020, a package of emergency measures has been in place in the Caribbean Netherlands to tackle the economic consequences of the coronavirus crisis.
Economic contraction 0.5 percent in Q1 2021
In Q1 2021, gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.5 percent relative to the previous quarter.
More bankruptcies in March
The number of corporate bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days, has increased. There were 30 more bankruptcies in March than in the previous month.
Investments almost 10 percent up in April
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets rose by 9.9 percent year-on-year in April 2021.
Manufacturing output 3 percent up in March
In March 2021, the average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 3.0 percent up on March 2020.
Household consumption over 9 percent up in April
Consumers spent 9.4 percent more in April 2021 than in April 2020.
Unprecedented decline in household consumption in April
Consumers spent 17.4 percent less in April 2020 than one year previously. This is the sharpest contraction in domestic household consumption CBS has ever recorded.
Inflation rate down to 2.0 percent in June
The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.0 percent higher in June than in the same month last year.
Dutch manufacturing industry declined less than the EU average in 2020
The value added of the Dutch manufacturing industry contracted by 2.6 percent in 2020.
Quinten Meertens’ breakthrough in how we think about bias
‘A breakthrough in how we think about bias’ – that is how professor Jaap van den Herik at Leiden University described Statistics Netherlands (CBS) researcher Quinten Meertens’ PhD thesis...