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Inflation rate down
Dutch inflation stood at 2.4 percent in December, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on November. This is mainly due to changes in petrol prices and phone rates.
Dutch inflation rate further up
The inflation rate in the Netherlands was 2.3 percent in May, i.e. 0.2 percentage points up on April. This is mainly due to higher energy prices. More expensive airline tickets and higher food prices...
Inflation stable
Dutch inflation stood at 2.5 percent in March 2012, i.e. the same rate as in the two preceding months.
Inflation rate down
Dutch inflation stood at 2.4 percent in December, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on November.
Employment decline less substantial
There were 63 thousand fewer jobs of employees in the second quarter of 2010 than in the second quarter of 2009, i.e. a decline by 0.8 percent. The decline is less substantial than in the previous...
Inflation unchanged in December
Dutch inflation was 1.9 percent in December, the same as in the previous month
Job numbers plummet
The number of jobs of Dutch employees was down by 140 thousand in the third quarter of 2009 on the year before.
Multinationals account for 30 percent of economy
In 2016, multinational enterprises generated 30 percent of the 635 billion euros in value added.
Threat of high inflation fading
Dutch inflation was 2.3 percent in November 2008. This is substantially lower than a few months earlier, when steadily increasing oil and food prices threatened to push up inflation. In July and...
Vehicle tax surcharge doubled since 2000
The surcharge on motor vehicle tax rose by nearly 10 percent in 2008. Since 2000 it has risen by an average 7 percent per year.
Prices manufacturing industry continue to fall
Selling prices of products manufactured in the Netherlands were 2.1percent down in October from October 2013. In September, prices were 1.7 percent down from twelve months previously.
Sustained loss of jobs
In the first quarter of this year, 156 thousand jobs of employees (2.0 percent) were lost compared to the first quarter of 2009. If seasonal effects are taken into account, 56 thousand jobs were lost...
Exports to US in decline
The value of exports to the United States (US) declined last year, mainly caused by sluggish exports of petroleum derivatives and lower export prices.
Prices of detached houses falls by most
Prices of own homes were 8.5 percent lower on average in the second quarter of this year than in the same quarter last year. The price drop was largest for detached houses.
Dutch hauliers cover 470 million kilometres on Belgian roads
Altogether, Dutch hauliers covered 470 million km in Belgium last year. The introduction in 2016 of the kilometre levy on Belgian roads threatens to cost the Dutch road transport sector tens of...