The half-yearly publication Economic Developments and Outlook highlights DNB's forecasts for the Dutch economy. They are placed against the backdrop of recent national and international developments.
Economic Developments and Outlook - June 2016
Dataset EDO - june 2016
13 May 2026
News
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for almost half of all bank loans to businesses in the Netherlands, according to new figures being released by DNB for the first time today. However, SMEs often pay a slightly higher interest rate than other businesses.
Read more Almost half of corporate lending goes to SMEs, interest rates slightly higher
07 May 2026
Background
As the population ages, economic growth in the coming decades will have to come mainly from productivity gains. Healthy business dynamism and competition help boost such gains. A new DNB Analysis shows that there is still room for improvement on both counts.
Read more Capital and labour still too often tied up in less productive companies
22 April 2026
Speech
On 22 April, Olaf Sleijpen spoke at the Jeroen Bosch Summit in Den Bosch. Drawing on Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights, he sketched a triptych of the earning potential in the Netherlands.
Read more Garden of Choices: a triptych about our earning potential (speech held in Dutch)
17 April 2026
Background
The war in the Middle East is driving up oil and gas prices. This is reminiscent of 2022, when rising energy prices drove inflation sharply higher. But how similar is the current situation really, and what does that mean for inflation and monetary policy today?
Read more Energy prices are rising: what does this mean for inflation and monetary policy?