economy
Dutch GDP Growth Points to Domestic Demand, With Trade a Restraint
The Netherlands’ first estimate of second-quarter GDP showed 0.4% quarterly growth. Consumption and investment rose, while imports increased faster than exports.
Author
Sanne de Vries
Economics Editor, Dutch Business Review
Sanne de Vries is economics editor at Dutch Business Review, covering inflation, housing, employment and the wider Dutch economy. Her reporting focuses on what changes in official data mean for companies, households and investment decisions rather than treating macro releases as isolated statistics.
She works primarily from Statistics Netherlands, De Nederlandsche Bank, CPB and European data, with particular attention to the way housing costs, labour shortages and energy prices feed into business conditions.
Articles by Sanne de Vries
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