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Private sector investments substantially up

he volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was 19.3 percent up in December 2013 from December 2012. This is mainly due to higher investments in passenger cars, machinery and...

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Job vacancies continue slight growth

Number of job vacancies rose slightly in the second quarter of 2014: there were 4 thousand more vacancies than in the previous quarter. This is the fourth quarter in a row that the number of...

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Dutch consumer confidence falls by most

Nowhere in Europe has consumer confidence fallen by so much as in the Netherlands.

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What is the Balassa index?

The Balassa index measures the degree of specialisation of Dutch export products.

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Consumer confidence falls back slightly

Consumer confidence diminished somewhat in July 2006 compared to June, though optimists still outnumber pessimists.

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Wintry weather affects household consumption

Household spending was 1.0 percent higher in December 2010 than in December 2009.

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Record number of T-shirts entering the Netherlands

During the first eight months of 2018, the Netherlands imported 213 million T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton. This is the largest quantity ever recorded and approximately 2.5 times more...

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Consumer confidence hardly changes

The mood among Dutch consumers has hardly changed in September compared to August. According to Statistics Netherlands, the consumer confidence indicator declined by 1 point to +5. Consumer...

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Greenhouse gas emissions higher than Kyoto figures suggest

According to the Kyoto Protocol, the emission of greenhouse gases was reduced by 4 percent over the period 1990-2007.

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Revenues from government taxes increase only 2 percent in 2008

In 2008, revenues from government taxes were just short of 136 billion euro, a 2 percent increase relative to 2007. Last year’s growth evidently slowed down relative to the period 2005-2007, when the...

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Consumer confidence up slightly

After correction for seasonal effects, consumer confidence is -26 in January 2005. This is 3 points higher than in December 2004. The improvement in confidence follows four consecutive months of...

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Substantial drop for retail turnover in September

Turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 6.1 percent down in September 2013 from September 2012. Prices of retail commodities were on average 1.4 percent higher. The volume of retail sales...

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Inflation rises sharply to 2.9 percent

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

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