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Second estimate Dutch second quarter economic growth: small upward adjustment
The Dutch economy shrank by 0.4 percent in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the same period last year. This second estimate is 0.1 of a percent point higher than the first estimate published...
Fewer job vacancies
At the end of September 2011, there were 133 thousand job vacancies, i.e. 4 thousand fewer than at the end of June. The number of job vacancies had grown continuously over the five preceding...
Fewer job vacancies
The vacancy indicator provides a quick indication of the current trend in vacancies. The indicator deteriorated further in November.
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...
Fewer dwellings completed within two years
In 2007, more than 80 thousand new dwellings were completed. Last year, 67 percent of new houses were completed within a time span of two years, as against 94 percent in 1995.
Growth accounts; national accounts 1995-2016
Productivity; labour; capital; growth accounts SIC 2008
Private sector investments down
The volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was 8.6 percent down in July 2013 from July 2012. The decline was less substantial than in June, when private sector investments were...
Energy consumption industry (no energy sector);energy commodities,1975-2012
Consumption of energy Industry of hard coal, lignite, crude, natural gas Petroleum products, renewable energy, waste, electricity, heat
Shift towards more productive firms mainly in ICT-intensive sectors
ICT has had a positive effect on the Dutch economy between 2000 and December 2010. Firms became more productive in sectors where ICT is used intensively.
Residential building output slumps 44 percent
The recession has obviously affected the construction sector in the first quarter of 2010. The number of dwellings completed in the first quarter of 2010 was more than 44 percent lower than in the...
370 thousand workers living on incomes below the poverty line
Despite having paid jobs, 370 thousand households in the Netherlands were living below the poverty line in 2009.
One in seven employees hindered by administrative chores
Results of the Dutch National Survey on Working Conditions carried out in the fall of 2010 by TNO and Statistics Netherlands show that over 15 percent of all employees was hindered in their work by...
Economy declines by 0.7 percent
The Dutch economy declined by 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. In the third quarter, the economy had still grown by 1.1 percent compared to the third...
Job growth 2 percent in second quarter of 2008
In the second quarter of 2008, the number of jobs of employees increased by 154 thousand (2.0 percent) relative to the same quarter last year.
Slight fall in unemployment
Tthe number of unemployed people in the Netherlands at 395 thousand in March 2011, after adjustment for seasonal effects
Most substantial year-on-year house price increase in more than 7 years
Prices of owner-occupied houses (excluding new constructions) were on average 3.5 percent higher in September 2015 than in September 2014, the highest year-on-year price increase since April 2008,...
Lowest number of bankruptcies in 7 years
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that, adjusted for court session days, the number of bankruptcies, declined by 7 in September 2015 relative to August, thus reaching the lowest level since...
Employment marginally down
The number of employee jobs declined by 4 thousand in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter. In the preceding quarters, the decline was much more substantial.