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Figures on the investment climate in the Netherlands 2009
This publication outlines the investment climate in the Netherlands using more than one hundred indicators. A systematic comparison is drawn between the position of the Netherlands and a fixed group...
Second estimate for second quarter 2009: economy shrinks by 5.4 percent
The Dutch economy shrank by 5.4 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year.
Number of jobs plummets
The number of jobs of employees in the Netherlands was 93 thousand lower in the second quarter of 2009 than one year previously; this is a drop of 1.2 percent.
Economic growth down in nearly all regions
Economic growth slowed down in nearly all Dutch provinces last year. Growth in the Randstad provinces was at or above the nationwide average of 2 percent.
Manufacturing industry hit hard by economic recession
The economic recession has hit the European manufacturing industry particularly hard. In the Netherlands, however, the manufacturing sector has suffered less than average.
Economy drops from boom to zero growth
The Dutch economy dropped from a period of booming to zero growth in the course of 2008. Although economic growth was 2.7 percent on average in the first three quarters compared with the first three...
Third quarter economic growth unchanged at 1.8 percent
Figures from Statistics Netherlands put Dutch economic growth at 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2008 compared with twelve months previously. This is the lowest growth rate since the beginning of...
Income responds slowly to economic downturn
The economic downswing will not necessarily have an immediate effect on household income in the Netherlands. Employment is still growing, and collectively negotiated wage increases are larger for...
Turnover sector hotels and restaurants in decline
Turnover realised by the sector hotels and restaurants declined by nearly 1 percent in the third quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year. The last time the sector reported a downturn in...
Economic growth third quarter 2008 slows down to 1.8 percent
Dutch economic growth was 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year.
Second quarter economic growth adjusted to 3.0 percent
Figures from Statistics Netherlands put Dutch economic growth at 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the same period last year.
Economic growth slowing down
According to a first estimate released by Statistics Netherlands, economic growth was 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2008 relative to the same period last year.