August 14, 2013

Preliminary table Main Economic Indicators 2011-2014 (August 2013)

Updated CPB Projections, 2013-2014

Press release
Today, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis presents the Dutch Cabinet with its updated macroeconomic projections for 2013 and 2014, for the finalisation of the decision-making process around the 2014 national budget.

These projections not yet include possible additional spending cuts by the Cabinet. Without implementation of these possible additional spending cuts, CPB projects gross domestic product (GDP) to decrease in 2013 by 1¼% and to increase by ¾% in 2014. Unemployment in 2013 is expected to rise by 150,000 people to 620,000, and in 2014 this will be up to 670,000. The budget deficit in 2013 is 3.0 %, and in 2014 this will be 3.9%.

Main economic indicators 2011–2014

According to these intermediate projections, the development of the Dutch economy is less favourable than in last June’s projections. With a 1¼% decrease, GDP volume will shrink in 2013 by a quarter per cent more than projected earlier. Economic growth (GDP growth) for 2014 has been adjusted downward by ¼% to ¾%. Unemployment for 2014, is projected to increase by 35,000, which is mainly due to Statistics Netherlands'  downward adjustment of GDP growth in the first quarter of 2013 and the projected, slower growth in world trade for 2013 and 2014. A weaker development in real wages will contribute to less growth in private consumption in 2014. These CPB projections include the National Accounts 2012 and the preliminary GDP data by CBS on the second quarter of 2013.

The current projections present a budget deficit for 2013 of 3.0% against 3.5% in those of last June. For 2014, this is 3.9 against 3.7 in June’s projections.

CPB, at this time, does not provide any further elaboration of these intermediate projections. On Prinsjesdag – the opening day of Parliament; this year on 17 September – CPB will publish its Macro Economic Outlook (MEV) 2014, with an elaboration and explanation of these projections as well as a detailed analysis of the Dutch economic situation.

Read the accompanying press release.

Preliminary table 'Extended main economic indicators', 2011-2014, August 2013

International items
 2011201220132014
Relevant world trade (vol. %)

4.0

0.7

1 1/2

3 3/4

Import price goods (%)

5.1

2.7

-1 1/2

0

Export price competitors (%)

6.3

4.1

1/4

1/2

Crude oil price (Brent, $)

111.3

111.7

105

103

Exchange rate (dollar p euro)

1.39

1.28

1.32

1.32

Long-term interest rate
(level in %)

3.0

1.9

1.9

2.4

Demand and foreign trade (volume)
 2011201220132014
Gross domestic product
(GDP, economic growth) (%)

0.9

-1.2

-1 1/4

3/4

Value gross domestic
product (GDP) (bln euro)

599.0

599.3

603

616

Private consumption (%)

-1.1

-1.6

-2 1/4

-3/4

Public demand (%)

-0.6

-0.8

-1 1/4

1

Gross fixed investment,
private non-residential (%)

12.3

-2.9

-11 1/4

2

Exports of goods
(non-energy) (%)

4.4

1.9

2 3/4

4 1/4

of which domestically
produced (%)

3.8

0.7

1

3 1/2

re-exports (%)

4.9

3.0

4 1/4

5

Imports of goods (%)

4.7

3.6

-1/4

4 1/4

Prices, wages and purchasing power
 2011201220132014
Export price goods
(excluding energy) (%)

2.1

0.8

-1/4

1/2

Price competitiveness (%)

-0.2

2.4

1/2

3/4

Consumer prices (CPI) (%)

2.3

2.5

2 3/4

2

Consumer prices
(harmonised, HICP) (%)

2.5

2.8

3

1 3/4

Price of gross
domestic product (%)

1.1

1.3

1 3/4

1 1/2

Price of national
expenditure (%)

0.7

1.8

2

1 3/4

Contractual wages
market sector (%)

1.4

1.6

1 1/2

1 1/2

Compensation per full-time
employee market sector (%)

1.9

1.8

1 3/4

2

Gross wage Jones family
(in euro's)

33500

33000

32500

33000

Purchasing power (Jones,
one-income household) (%)

-1.2

-2.5

-1 3/4

-1 1/4

Purchasing power
(median, all households) (%)

-1.0

-2.5

-1 1/4

0

Labour market (international definition 'labour force', unless stated differently)
 2011201220132014
Population (x 1000 pers.)

16693

16754

16795

16840

Labour force (15-74)
(x 1000 pers.)

8746

8878

8950

9005

Employed labour force
(15-74) (x 1000 pers.)

8357

8409

8335

8330

Unemployment
(x 1000 pers.)

389

469

615

670

Employed Persons
(15-74) (%)

0.7

-0.2

-3/4

0

Labour force
(15-74) (%)

0.0

1.5

3/4

1/2

Employed labour
force (15-74) (%)

0.0

0.6

-1

0

Unemployment rate
(% labour force)

4.4

5.3

7

7 1/2

Idem, national definition
(% labour force)

5.4

6.4

8 1/2

9 1/4

Market sector
 2011201220132014
Production (%)

1.4

-1.9

-1 3/4

1

Labour productivity (%)

1.0

-1.6

-3/4

1 3/4

Employment
 (labour years) (%)

0.5

-0.2

-1

-3/4

Price gross value added (%)

0.3

1.8

3/4

1 3/4

Real labour costs (%)

1.6

0.0

3/4

1/4

Labour share in
enterprise income
 (level in %)

79.0

80.5

82

80 3/4

General government
 2011201220132014
General government financial
balance (% GDP)

-4.3

-4.1

-3

-3.9

Gross debt general
government (% GDP)

65.7

71.3

74.5

76.3

Taxes and social security
contributions (% GDP)

38.6

39.0

39.9

40.2

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