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Output prices of the Dutch manufacturing industry were 4 percent higher in October 2012 than in October 2011. The increase in manufacturing prices was in the same order of magnitude as in August and...

The volume of Dutch goods exports grew by nearly 3 percent in September compared with twelve months previously. The increase in exports thus remains low for the third successive month. The volume of...

The mood among Dutch manufacturers improved marginally in November. The producer confidence indicator stood at -7.0 versus -7.7 in October. In the two preceding months, the mood among manufacturers...

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were nearly 1 percent down in September 2012 on September 2011. The decrease was smaller than in August, when stocks decreased by nearly 3 percent compared...

One in three Dutch enterprises faces financial obstacles. It is harder for them to get credit and loans and debtors pose an increasing risk. For the next twelve months enterprises mainly expect to...

Producers in the manufacturing industry expect to invest 1 percent more in 2013 than in 2012. This is shown by the most recent figures about expected investments in manufacturing.

Household spending on goods and services was at the same level in September 2012 as in September 2011. In the preceding 13 months, consumption decreased.

In September 2012, the volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was 8.5 percent down on September 2011. The decrease was much more substantial than in August, when private sector...

The mood among Dutch consumers deteriorated in November. The consumer  confidence indicator dropped 5 by points to -37. Consumers were much more apprehensive about the economic situation in...

In the third quarter of 2012, 75 thousand jobs of employees were lost relative to the third quarter of 2011. This is a decline of 0.9 percent. In the first two quarters of 2012, the number of jobs...

By the end of September, there were 108 thousand seasonally corrected job vacancies, down 1 thousand on the previous quarter. The number of vacancies fell considerably faster in the previous three...

According to the latest figures, seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 17 thousand in October 2012 so that 536 thousand people are now unemployed.

In October, 536 thousand people in the Netherlands were unemployed after adjustment for seasonal effects, i.e. 17 thousand more than in September. Currently, 6.8 percent of the Dutch labour force are...

The Dutch economy shrank by 1.1 percent in the third quarter compared to the preceding quarter. In the first two quarters, the Dutch economy had grown by 0.1 percent

There were 108 thousand job vacancies at the end of September 2012, i.e. slightly fewer than at the end of June.

Retail turnover in September 2012 was approximately the same as in September 2011. Retail prices were nearly 2 percent higher. The volume of retail sales was down by 2 percent.

Figures released by Statistics Netherlands show that retail turnover in September 2012 was about the same as in September 2011.

The volume of goods exports grew by 2 percent in September compared with twelve months previously. The increase in exports thus remains low for the third successive month. The volume of imports grew...

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in September 2012 compared with September 2011. Prices of exported goods were 2.9 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 3.1...

In October, 703 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, i.e. nearly 150 more than in September.

Inflation in the Netherlands rose to 2.9 percent in October. This is the highest rate of inflation in the last four years.

The average daily output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was at about the same level in September 2012 as in September 2011. In August, manufacturing output dropped by 0.6 percent.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 1.8 percent in October 2012, the same rate as in the preceding three months.