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In the period March-May 2010, the number of unemployed persons in the Netherlands averaged 437 thousand, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force versus 4.6 percent in the same period last year.

In the period March–May 2010, seasonally adjusted unemployment totalled 431 thousand, a decline by 7 thousand on the period February–April 2010.

In April, the volume of goods exports was more than 17 percent up on twelve months previously. As a result, the volume of exports has increased further in the first months of 2010. It should be taken...

Dutch retailer turnover in April almost equalled the level in April 2009. Retail prices were nearly 2 percent up on one year previously.

In April 2010, retail sales were 0.2 percent down on the same period one year previously.

Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in April 2010 relative to April 2009. Prices of imported goods were 9.0 percent higher, while prices of exported goods rose by 7.0...

In May this year, 420 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, a decline by more than 70 relative to April. May is the second month in a...

Dutch retailers generated over 3 percent more turnover in March than in March 2009. Turnover increased for the first time after more than a year of losses compared with the same period one year...

Dutch inflation dropped to 1.0 percent in May, i.e. 0.1 percentage points lower than in April. At the same time, the inflation rate in the eurozone has risen.

In May, Dutch inflation was 1.0 percent, i.e. 0.1 percentage points down on April. The small decrease was mainly caused by petrol price developments.

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.0 percent in May, i.e. 0.3 of a percent point lower than in April.

In March, the volume of goods exports was 14 percent up on twelve months previously. This compares with a 10 percent rise in February, but it should be taken into account that the substantial...

In April, marketing prices in Dutch manufacturing were nearly 11 percent up on April 2009.

The Dutch number of hours worked in temp jobs dropped by more than 1 percent in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the fourth quarter of 2009.

Manufacturers had reduced their stocks of finished products by more than 12 percent in March compared with March 2009.

In May 2010, the number of Dutch business services providers expecting turnover to increase in the next three months outnumbered those expecting a decrease. However, the difference was less obvious...

In the period February-April 2010, unemployment in the Netherlands averaged 459 thousand.

Consumer confidence dropped marginally in May. The indicator stands at -16, as against -15 in April. The indicators economic climate and willingness to buy deteriorated slightly.

In the period February–April 2010, seasonally adjusted unemployment stood at 437 thousand, a decline by 9 thousand on the period January–March 2010. Unemployment dropped for the first time since the...

For the first time in over a year, Dutch household consumption has improved.

According to the price index of existing owner-occupied houses – a joint publication by Statistics Netherlands and the Land Registry Office – prices of houses sold in April 2010 were on average 2.2...

Following an unprecedented relapse in the first half of 2009, capacity utilisation in the Dutch manufacturing industry started to rise again at the beginning of 2010. The manufacturing industry in...

In March, the volume of goods exports was nearly 14 percent up on twelve months previously. This compares with a 10 percent rise in February, but it should be taken into account that the substantial...

Dutch retailers generated 3 percent more turnover in March than in March 2009. Turnover increased for the first time after more than a year of losses compared with the same period one year previously.