Consumer spending and government investments drive Dutch economic growth
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Consumer spending and government investments drive Dutch economic growth

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Dutch consumers are expected to increase spending over the next two years, contributing significantly to the country’s economic growth, according to economists at Rabobank. Economists attribute this to an anticipated rise in consumer spending, which accounts for over 40 percent of the economy, and increased government investments in healthcare, defense, and green energy transitions. This growth is fueled by an expected collective wage increase of 5.9 percent in 2025 and 4.8 percent in 2026, alongside inflation rates projected at 3.0 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively. Government investments in infrastructure and defense are also expected to increase significantly, with predicted growth rates of 5.3 percent in 2025 and 8.1 percent in 2026. Despite projected economic growth, Rabobank foresees a slight increase in unemployment, from an average of 3.7 percent in 2024 to 4.0 percent in 2026, due to rising bankruptcies.

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Dutch economic growth will pick up in coming years, inflation to stay higher than EU
1 week, 3 days ago

Dutch economic growth will pick up in coming years, inflation to stay higher than EU

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Economic growth in the Netherlands will pick up in the coming years growing 0.9 percent this year and 1.5 percent each in 2025 and 2026, despite an increasing threat from geopolitical uncertainty. The growth is mainly driven by household consumption and government spending, but the DNB also expects world trade to pick up and exports to contribute more to economic …

ING expecting a moderate growth of 1.3 percent for the Dutch economy next year
2 weeks, 4 days ago

ING expecting a moderate growth of 1.3 percent for the Dutch economy next year

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The Dutch economy will continue to grow at a moderate pace, ING economists expect. ING predicts that the economy will grow by 1.3 percent in 2025 after a weak growth of 0.8 percent this year. Now that the European Central Bank is lowering interest rates to support the economy and the Dutch budget deficit is rising, there appears to be …

Dutch economy should grow 1.5% next year, but inflation will remain high, says ABN Amro
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Dutch economy should grow 1.5% next year, but inflation will remain high, says ABN Amro

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The Dutch economy will continue to grow in the next two years although the pace of this will slow slightly. American import duties will slow the growth somewhat in the second half of next year. In 2025, growth will reach 1.5 percent, after which this will slow down due to the introduction of American import duties. But historically high wage …

Dutch economy grew 0.8 percent in third quarter
1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch economy grew 0.8 percent in third quarter

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The Dutch economy grew by 0.8 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter, Statistics Netherlands reported on Thursday based on an initial calculation for the months of July to September. It also adjusted growth in the second quarter slightly higher: instead of 1 percent, the gross domestic product increased by 1.1 percent in that …

Economists think the Dutch economy will avoid a recession
4 months, 1 week ago

Economists think the Dutch economy will avoid a recession

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The Dutch economy will most likely avoid a recession. But this time, experts consulted by the financial news agency Bloomberg are counting on an average increase of 0.2 percent compared to the previous period. ABN Amro economist Aggie van Huisseling is expecting 0.2 percent growth. "It is also because the unemployment rate is so low," said Van Huisseling. Van Huisseling …

Dutch people think more negatively about housing, safety and health, study finds
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch people think more negatively about housing, safety and health, study finds

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For the second year in a row, Dutch people have become more negative about issues such as housing, social involvement, health, and safety, according to a study by Rabobank. The bank also notes that the broad prosperity of Dutch people is not recovering this year, after deteriorating last year. According to Rabobank, incomes have indeed improved "significantly," mainly due to …

Dutch economic growth projections slashed in revised European forecast
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch economic growth projections slashed in revised European forecast

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The European Commission has significantly lowered expectations for economic growth in the Netherlands this year. In its summer forecast, the executive body of the European Union now says it expects growth of just 0.5 percent for the Netherlands in 2023. Because many wages have now been significantly increased and inflation is gradually decreasing, consumption will not decline further in the …

Dutch economy to grow slightly this year despite recession: ABN Amro
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch economy to grow slightly this year despite recession: ABN Amro

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ABN Amro expects the Dutch economy to grow slightly by 0.5 percent this year. Rising interest rates due to central bank interest rate increases also have a slowing effect because, for example, it makes borrowing more expensive. In addition, the European Central Bank’s target for inflation of 2 percent remains out of sight, according to ABN Amro. ABN Amro also …

Inflation to remain high, economic growth will slow down, economists say
1 year, 9 months ago

Inflation to remain high, economic growth will slow down, economists say

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Inflation in the Netherlands will remain stubbornly high, Rabobank economists noted in a new report about the Dutch economy. The economists said their forecasts are subject to uncertainty as “it is difficult to predict oil, gas, and electricity prices due to their volatility, and we cannot know for certain whether the government will support households and businesses next year, and …

No recession, but little growth for Dutch economy this year: ABN Amro
1 year, 9 months ago

No recession, but little growth for Dutch economy this year: ABN Amro

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The Dutch economy will not shrink this year, but its growth will slow down, ABN Amro expects. The bank predicts that the economy will grow 1.2 percent this year and 1.3 percent next year. Over the past two years, the Dutch economy grew more than 4 percent per year. The bank expects that consumer prices will rise by 4.4 percent …

Dutch economy grew 4.5% last year; Consumer spending at record high
1 year, 10 months ago

Dutch economy grew 4.5% last year; Consumer spending at record high

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The Dutch economy grew 4.5 percent last year, mainly thanks to more household consumption, Statistics Netherlands reported. Last year, 441,000 jobs were added to the job market, and the share of the Dutch population with paid work reached record heights. The added value of the culture, sports, recreation, and other services sector grew 34 percent last year. The Dutch economy …

Netherlands prevents recession with 4th quarter growth of 0.6 percent
1 year, 10 months ago

Netherlands prevents recession with 4th quarter growth of 0.6 percent

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The Dutch economy did not end up in a recession as economists feared. After a 0.2 percent contraction in the third quarter, the economy grew by 0.6 percent in the last quarter of 2022, Statistics Netherlands reported based on initial figures on Tuesday. In the entire 2022, the Dutch economy grew by 4.5 percent, mainly thanks to consumer spending and …

ABN Amro: Netherlands can expect recession, but turnaround will lead to 2023 growth
2 years ago

ABN Amro: Netherlands can expect recession, but turnaround will lead to 2023 growth

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The high inflation and rising interest rates are putting pressure on the Dutch economy, which will therefore wind up sliding into a recession. Because wages will also continue to rise and the government is limiting energy costs, consumers will likely start spending more starting in the second quarter next year. Despite that, experts at ABN Amro still think that consumer …

Dutch home prices to drop 3% next year; Still unaffordable to many: Rabobank
2 years ago

Dutch home prices to drop 3% next year; Still unaffordable to many: Rabobank

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Home prices will fall by 3 percent next year, and by another 1.5 percent in 2024, Rabobank expects. But the falling house prices will not automatically lead to more sales, partly due to the rise in the mortgage interest rates. “In the meantime, even two average annual incomes are insufficient to buy an average-priced home,” said De Groot. “We think …

Dutch housing prices could fall 3% next year, 2% in 2024, says Rabobank
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch housing prices could fall 3% next year, 2% in 2024, says Rabobank

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The increasing mortgage interest rates will cool down the Netherlands’ housing market fast, economists at Rabobank expect. “By the end of 2024, home prices are expected to be 7.4 percent lower than today, roughly at the level of the last quarter of 2021,” Rabobank said. If central banks increase the capital interest rates by another 1 percent, house prices will …

Netherlands in a "mild" economic recession: ING economist
2 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands in a "mild" economic recession: ING economist

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The Netherlands is in a mild economic recession, according to ING chief economist Marieke Blom. “I think we have passed the tipping point and are in a mild recession,” Blom said to Nieuwsuur. “But in the third quarter, we see that consumer spending is somewhat lower again.” Based on lower amounts spent and the increase in prices, Blom estimates that …

Consumer spending pushed Dutch economic growth in first quarter
2 years, 5 months ago

Consumer spending pushed Dutch economic growth in first quarter

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The Dutch economy grew in the first three months of this year compared to the closing quarter of 2021 after all. Compared to the same period last year, the Dutch economy grew by 6.7 percent instead of the previous estimate’s 7 percent. Households also generally had more income in the first quarter of this year compared to a year ago, …

Dutch economy grew more than gov't debt in 2021
2 years, 8 months ago

Dutch economy grew more than gov't debt in 2021

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Government debt amounted to 52.1 percent of gross domestic product last year, down from 54.3 percent. The Dutch government saw its income increase by 25 billion euros to 337 billion euros last year. People spent more in the second year of the coronavirus crisis than in 2020, which increased the government's VAT revenues by 6 billion euros. Non-tax revenues increased …

Dutch economy saw strongest growth in two decades
2 years, 10 months ago

Dutch economy saw strongest growth in two decades

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The Dutch economy grew by 4.8 percent last year - the strongest growth since 1998. The Dutch economy grew slightly in the last quarter of last year, despite the Omicron coronavirus wave and new lockdown measures. According to the stats office, the added value of the hospitality industry was still over 30 percent lower last year than in 2019. And …

Dutch Central Bank slashed 2022 economic forecast; Long-term vision for pandemic needed
3 years ago

Dutch Central Bank slashed 2022 economic forecast; Long-term vision for pandemic needed

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The Dutch Central Bank reduced its economic growth forecast for the Netherlands in 2022, predicting that the hard lockdown announced last weekend will be a blow to the Dutch economy. The central bank predicted the country will achieve growth of 2.2 percent next year, down from the 3.6 percent it previously projected. In a hastily produced calculation, Olaf Sleijpen, the …

Dutch economy will grow by 3.6 percent next year: ING
3 years ago

Dutch economy will grow by 3.6 percent next year: ING

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The Dutch economy will grow by 3.6 percent in 2022 according to projections by ING. "This is the main risk in the growth forecasts, especially with the developments of new variants of the virus," said ING economist Marcel Klok. ING is projecting the Dutch economy to grow by more than 4 percent compared to 2019 levels. ING thinks inflation will …

Dutch economy back to pre-Covid level in 3rd quarter
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch economy back to pre-Covid level in 3rd quarter

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The economy grew by 1.9 percent in the third quarter, bringing it to a higher level than before the pandemic for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis, Statistics Netherlands reported. With the new increase, the economy has therefore fully recovered from the coronavirus contraction in the first and second quarter of last year. After that, there …

Disposable income rises most in 20 years as Dutch economy posts stronger growth
3 years, 3 months ago

Disposable income rises most in 20 years as Dutch economy posts stronger growth

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The Dutch economy grew more in the second quarter than initial figures showed and that is also reflected in household incomes, which saw the strongest growth since the second quarter of 2002, Statistics Netherlands reported In the second quarter of this year, Dutch households' disposable income was 3.1 percent higher than the same quarter last year. The number of jobs …

Dutch economy to grow 4.2% this year: Rabobank
3 years, 3 months ago

Dutch economy to grow 4.2% this year: Rabobank

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The Dutch economy will likely grow by 4.2 percent this year and 3.7 percent next year, Rabobank wrote in a report. The bank expects that almost all business sectors will have fully recovered from the coronavirus crisis by 2022, provided no new restrictive measures are taken. Therefore, the bank expects "relatively strong" growth in gross domestic product in the second …

Dutch economy growing faster than expected; 3.8% growth this year
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch economy growing faster than expected; 3.8% growth this year

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The Dutch economy is growing faster than expected, the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis said in its draft macro-economic surveys on Friday. The economy is expected to grow 3.8 percent this year, and 3.2 percent next year. The national budget deficit will amount to 5.3 percent this year, and 1.8 percent next year. That is slightly lower than the June …

Netherlands residents not spending lockdown savings: Rabobank
3 years, 6 months ago

Netherlands residents not spending lockdown savings: Rabobank

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The billions of euros Netherlands residents put into their savings accounts during the coronavirus crisis will stay where it is for the time being. Most people don't plan on spending their savings in the near future, Rabobank concluded in a survey of 1,546 people, NOS reports. In 2020 Netherlands residents saved a massive 77 billion euros, the highest amount since …

Dutch economy to recover to pre-pandemic level by end of year says Central Bank
3 years, 6 months ago

Dutch economy to recover to pre-pandemic level by end of year says Central Bank

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The Dutch economy has been showing signs of recovery starting from the second quarter of this year after the historic hit to the GDP last year. Recovery is happening so quickly that GDP could eclipse pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year, the Dutch Central Bank estimated in their semi-annual report. The recovery will continue rapidly next year with …

Dutch economy recovering from Covid crisis faster expected: Rabobank
3 years, 6 months ago

Dutch economy recovering from Covid crisis faster expected: Rabobank

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The Dutch economy is recovering from the coronavirus crisis faster than previously thought, Rabobank economists believe. The bank now predicts that the economy will grow by 3.8 percent this year, up from its previous expectation of 2.3 percent growth for 2021, ANP reports. In addition, the Dutch economy turned out to be more resilient than previously thought, the bank stated. …

Dutch economy to grow 2.2% this year; Less unemployment than feared
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch economy to grow 2.2% this year; Less unemployment than feared

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The Dutch economy will grow slightly less than previously expected this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. For this year, the CPB expects the Dutch economy to grow by 2.2 percent. Next year, the economy will strengthen further and CPB expects a growth of 3.5 percent. Now the CPB expects that unemployment will peak next year with over 400 …

Dutch economy saw biggest contraction since WWII in 2020
3 years, 10 months ago

Dutch economy saw biggest contraction since WWII in 2020

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The Dutch economy shrank by 3.8 percent last year, the largest contraction measured since the Second World War, Statistics Netherlands reported based on the currently available figures on Tuesday. The biggest blow to the economy happened in the second quarter of 2020, when the economy shrank an unprecedented -8.5 percent compared to the previous quarter. The culture, recreation, sports and …

Dutch economy to shrink 4.3% this year, grow 2.6% in 2021: ING
4 years, 1 month ago

Dutch economy to shrink 4.3% this year, grow 2.6% in 2021: ING

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After shrinking 4.3 percent this year, the Dutch economy will grow again in 2021, by 2.6 percent, economists at ING expect. The Dutch economy should be back to the size of the last quarter last year by mid-2022. Sectors hit hardest by the pandemic, like hospitality, transport and healthcare, will According to ING, the economic contraction this quarter will be …

Best ever quarterly improvement for Dutch economy; Not enough to make up for pandemic
4 years, 1 month ago

Best ever quarterly improvement for Dutch economy; Not enough to make up for pandemic

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After an unprecedented contraction in the second quarter of this year, the Dutch economy showed the best ever improvement in the third quarter, growing by 7.7 percent. While the Dutch economy is performing better than average in the European Union, the growth in July, August and September was not enough to make up for the pandemic-triggered contraction in the first …

Dutch economy remains in deep dip, but government bailouts are having an impact
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch economy remains in deep dip, but government bailouts are having an impact

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The Dutch economy remains in a deep dip but measures introduced by the government to bail out companies hit by the lockdown have had a major impact on key indicators, national statistics agency CBS said in its October economic update. Last month, figures from credit insurer Atradius show that the Dutch approach to the crisis has been ‘efficient’ and have …

Dutch economy to shrink by 5% this year, if no more major Covid-19 restrictions
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch economy to shrink by 5% this year, if no more major Covid-19 restrictions

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The government’s macro-economic think-tank CPB says the Dutch economy will shrink by 5% in 2020, assuming there are no more large-scale new physical contact restrictions needed to combat coronavirus. Prime minister Mark Rutte said last week that the cabinet is thinking ‘very carefully’ about what a third package of measures should include and finance minister Wopke Hoekstra said that a …

Dutch economy expected to grow again next year, Covid-19 effects to linger
4 years, 4 months ago

Dutch economy expected to grow again next year, Covid-19 effects to linger

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The Dutch economy will shrink by 5.1 percent this year, but recovery will start at the end of the year and in 2021 the economy will grow by 3.2 percent, according to central planning office CPB's draft-macroeconomic foresight studies. The effects of the Covid-19 crisis will linger, however, with unemployment rising to 7 percent next year. Household consumption will decrease …

Recession: Dutch economy shows worst ever contraction
4 years, 4 months ago

Recession: Dutch economy shows worst ever contraction

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In the second quarter of this year, the Dutch economy shrank by 8.5 percent compared to the previous quarter and a massive 9.5 percent compared to the second quarter of 2019, Statistics Netherlands reported on Friday based on its first calculations. Households spent 10.4 percent less in the second quarter than in the first, an 11.8 percent less than the …

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