Press releases

December 18, 2019

Decelerating growth, persisting underinvestments

Economic growth is slowing down in the Netherlands due to the decline in global growth and, to a lesser extent, the issues around nitrogen and PFASs. Unemployment reached its lowest point in 2019, but will also remain...

September 17, 2019

Ill winds sweeping in from abroad will dampen growth in 2020

Dutch economic growth is slowing down as a result of negative foreign developments. Unemployment will reach its lowest level in 2019, but will still also be exceptionally low next year....

August 15, 2019

Economic growth down to 1.4% by 2020

Dutch economic growth will decline, due to the ill wind sweeping in from abroad. Unemployment will reach its lowest level in 2019 and will continue to be exceptionally low in 2020. Purchasing power will see a positive...

June 19, 2019

Growth slowing down to standard rate

The Dutch economic growth rate is slowing down due to the ill wind blowing from abroad. Export growth is declining. The waning growth in production has had remarkably little impact on the labour market, which remains...

March 21, 2019

The high growth rate of the Dutch economy is over.

For both this year and the next, GDP growth is projected at 1.5%, following years of growth percentages of over 2%. International trade is increasing at a slower rate, which is reflected by Dutch exports that are...

March 5, 2019

The economy is cooling

The high growth rate of the Dutch economy is over. For both this year and the next, GDP growth is projected at 1.5%, following years of growth percentages of over 2%. International trade is increasing at a slower rate,...

January 24, 2019

The Netherlands is an important link in the chain of diverting income flows: broader use of withholding taxes is necessary to combat international tax avoidance

Sixty percent of the royalties that flow via the Netherlands go directly to tax haven Bermuda. Outgoing interest flows are diverted less often to tax havens: around 20 percent. In addition, some 25% of the outgoing...