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.
Sanne's economics coverage is built around revisions and transmission. A change in inflation, wages or housing does not stop at the statistical release; she follows how it reaches household demand, employer costs, investment decisions and the policy choices facing Dutch institutions.
She is also careful about the unusual constraints of the Dutch economy. Housing scarcity, labour shortages and energy infrastructure can interact with otherwise strong demand, so her work frequently asks whether a national headline is consistent with the capacity businesses actually face on the ground.
Dutch manufacturing output was 9% higher in July than a year earlier, the strongest increase in four years. Yet nine of thirteen business-cycle indicators remain below trend and bankruptcies rose in August.
The Dutch cabinet reportedly plans to start taxing actual investment returns in 2028 while cutting the tax-free return from €1,800 to €1,000. The trade is clearer taxation for a wider base, with execution still the decisive risk.
The Dutch engineering group targets mid-single-digit organic growth and a mid- to high-teens operating EBITDA margin by 2029. The growth goal is conventional; the organisational simplification required to deliver the margin is the real wager.
A Dutch delegation is taking seed, greenhouse, cold-chain and processing expertise to India as the two countries activate a new strategic partnership. Market access creates an opening, but localisation and local operating partnerships will decide who captures it.
Dutch business bankruptcies rose 9% year on year in August 2026, with 304 failures recorded. We examine the trend and what it says about business conditions.
A sourced guide to Utrecht's companies, banking, life sciences, Utrecht Science Park, startups, transport connections and workforce constraints.
The Netherlands’ first estimate of second-quarter GDP showed 0.4% quarterly growth. Consumption and investment rose, while imports increased faster than exports.
Dutch house prices rose 3.9% year on year in July 2026 as transaction volumes increased. What the latest CBS and Kadaster data mean for the Netherlands housing market.
Dutch inflation rose to 3.2% in July 2026 from 2.9% in June, according to Statistics Netherlands. Energy and fuel prices were key drivers.
Why Brainport's semiconductor workforce needs technicians, engineers and retraining routes, and how the Beethoven talent programme approaches the challenge.
Why Utrecht's rail connections matter to employers, and what ProRail's 2025 report reveals about reliability, maintenance and business access.
Dutch electricity grid congestion and rising network costs are changing industrial investment decisions. Why connection capacity now matters for factories, data centres and electrification.