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In February, the volume of goods exports was 11 percent up on twelve months previously versus 8 percent in January, but it should be taken into account that the substantial downturn in exports...

The number of people younger than 65 years in the Netherlands claiming income support rose again in the first quarter of 2010.

The number of vacancies increased marginally in the fourth quarter of 2004. After adjustment for seasonal effects, there were 128 thousand unfilled vacancies on 31 December 2004, that is 2 thousand...

International education in the Netherlands is much more expensive than regular education and is largely funded with parental contributions.

Dutch household consumption was 2.6 percent up in February 2018.

Lorry journeys by engine emission standard (European emission standard for lorries)

Dutch household consumption was 2.6 percent up in November 2017.

The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 3 percent up in July 2017.

Dutch consumer spending up again

Sustained growth manufacturing output

Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 1.4 percent up in May 2016 from May 2015.

According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), confidence among Dutch manufacturers hardly changed in February. The producer confidence indicator fell from 3.2 in January to 3.1 in February....

More than forty percent of businesses employing at least 10 persons use one or more social media accounts. Three quarters of large companies (employing 500 or more persons) use the social media for...

Approximately 500 refugees are invited each by the government to settle in the Netherlands. Over the past half decade, many refugees have arrived from countries like Iraq, Myanmar and Ethiopia.

The number of jobs of employees was 137 thousand lower in the second quarter of 2013 than in the same period of 2012, a reduction by 1.7 percent.

Manufacturing turnover in the Netherlands fell slightly in 2014: by 0.5 percent. This is the third consecutive year that manufacturing turnover has decreased. One of the causes of the decrease was...

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

An average Dutch households paid 1.5 percent more for its gas and electricity in January 2008 than in the previous month.

Over the past years, the share of employees working from home has risen to nearly one in three in 2012. Half of employees could take leave whenever they wanted and more than one in five could set...