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Interest rate remains extremely low

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.2 percent in February 2012, i.e. the same rate as in January, when the interest rate reached...

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Retail turnover 1 percent up

Retail turnover was over 1 percent up in December 2011 from December 2010.

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Interest rate historically low

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year public loan, averaged 2.2 percent in January 2012, i.e. 0.2 percentage points down on December 2011. In January, the...

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Inflation rate marginally up

Dutch inflation stood at 2.5 percent in January 2012, i.e. 0.1 percentage points up on December 2011.The marginal increase is mainly due to changes in petrol, natural gas and electricity prices....

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Exports growth

The volume of exports of goods increased by 4 percent in December relative to twelve months previously. In November, export growth came to a halt after negative growth in October. The volume of...

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More hours worked in temp jobs

The amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was 1 percent up in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the preceding quarter. In the third quarter, the number of hours worked in temp jobs stage A had...

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Turnover sector hotels and restaurants 3.2 percent up

According to the most recent figures, turnover generated by the sector hotels and restaurants in the fouth quarter of 2011 improved 3.2 percent relative to the corresponding period in 2010.

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Growth manufacturing stocks slows down

Manufacturers’ stocks of finished products were nearly 7 percent higher in December 2011 than in December 2010.

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Decline household consumption slightly less substantial

Household spending on goods and services in December 2011 was 1.3 percent down on twelve months previously. The decline is slightly less substantial than in the preceding months.

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Mood among Dutch consumers marginally improved

Dutch consumers were slightly less pessimistic in February. Their mood about the economic situation in general was less negative than in January, but willingness-to-buy deteriorated somewhat.

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Modest growth private sector investments

In December 2011, the volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was nearly 3 percent up on December 2010. The increase was somewhat more substantial than in November, when private...

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Residential property prices drop less rapidly

Prices of existing owner-occupied houses sold in January 2012 were on average 3.3 percent down on January 2011.

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Unemployment climbs to 6 percent

Unemployment adjusted for seasonal variation increased by 18 thousand in January 2012 to 474 thousand, i.e. 6.0 percent of the labour force.

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Unemployment up in January

Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Netherlands stood at 474 thousand in January 2012, i.e. 18 thousand above the level in December 2011.

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Economy 0.7 percent in decline

According to the first, provisional estimate, the Dutch economy declined by 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 relative to the same period in 2010.

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Number of vacancies further down

Adjusted for seasonal variation, there were 123 thousand unfilled vacancies at the end of December last year, i.e. 10 thousand fewer than one quarter previously.

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Slightly more jobs

In the fourth quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 31 thousand up from the same quarter of 2010, an increase by 0.4 percent.

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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...

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Number of job vacancies drops further

At the end of December 2011, there were 123 thousand job vacancies, i.e. 10 thousand fewer than at the end of September. The number of job vacancies fell for the second consecutive quarter.

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Retail turnover 1 percent up in December

Retail turnover was 1 percent up in December 2011 on December 2010. The average price increase in the retail sector was 2.5 percent; retail volume shrank by 1.5 percent.

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Retail turnover 1 percent up

Retail turnover was 1 percent up in December 2011 from December 2010. Prices of retail commodities were 2.5 percent higher. As a result, retail volume shrank by 1.5 percent.

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Number of bankruptcies rocketing

In January this year, 680 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, an increase by more than 160 relative to December last year.

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Robust growth exports

The volume of exports of goods increased by nearly 6 percent in December relative to twelve months previously. In November, export growth came to a halt after negative growth in October. The volume...

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