Economic Update
The Netherlands: Starting another year with a lockdown
The new lockdown measures in the Netherlands will mostly hit consumer spending. But consumer confidence was already in decline before these measures were announced.
RaboResearch - Economic Research
27 Publications
Economic Update
The Netherlands: Government presents budget for the coming year
The Dutch economy is recovering stronger than previously expected. And even though the government paved the way for economic recovery by support packages, the on Budget Day presented plans lack strategy and vision on housing shortages and climate change.
Economic Update
The Netherlands: Economic Recovery Continues
Household consumption and exports have further increased. Additionally we expect the factors causing upward inflation to be temporary.
Special
Comparing G20’s cash cannon in 2020
Advanced G20 countries have really fired up the cash cannon compared to emerging G20 economies during Covid-19. But without this sizeable government spending by both the advanced and the emerging G20 countries, G20’s total contraction could have been four times more severe.
Economic Update
The Netherlands: Winter dip due to partial lockdown
We expect the economic impact of the partial lockdown to be smaller than the intelligent lockdown last spring, but consumer spending and investments will be hit hard. Because of the partial lockdown, the government announced extra support in the third support package.
Economic Update Dutch version
The Netherlands: Slow recovery of consumption
Extra expenditures due to the corona crisis make governmental finances deteriorate. The recovery of consumption is slow but the third support package and some fiscal measures are likely to stimulate domestic demand.
Economic Comment
Extended Dutch government support: Necessary foundation for economic recovery
The Dutch government announced its third business support package. It will retain most measures from its predecessors, but slowly phase them out.
Economic Update Dutch version
The Netherlands: Economic figures about lockdown period show severeness of corona crisis
The first economic figures about the Dutch lockdown period show the severeness of the corona crisis. In April household consumption dropped to historic low and industrial production tumbled.
Economic Report Dutch version
Dutch economy to contract this year more than in 2009 – Q&A
Assuming that the corona restricting measures will be continued at least until June 1, we expect the Dutch economy to contract by 5 percent this year. The economic recovery may start in the second half of the year, but it will take time.
Economic Report Dutch version
Sector prognoses: Coronavirus will lower production in many sectors in the Netherlands
The outbreak of the Coronavirus and the measures taken to slow its spread are affecting every sector in the Netherlands. Construction, agriculture, hospitality and transport are taking the hardest hit.
Economic Quarterly Report Dutch version
The Netherlands: Coronavirus to halve economic growth
The Dutch economy posted good figures in recent years. But due to the developments around the coronavirus, economic growth in our country is expected to fall from 1.7 percent in 2019 to 0.7 percent in 2020.