Dutch Market Moves? Paolo Maria Pavan Explains Why

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“Turnover Is Up!” And Other Lies We Tell Entrepreneurs

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jun 2, 2025

There is a stubborn optimism that clings to percentage points like a child to candy. “Hospitality turnover up 3.4% in Q1 2025!” reads the headline. A sigh of relief follows in boardrooms and cafés ali...

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How the Dream of Starting a Family Is Being Crushed by the Cost of a Home

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 29, 2025

Prosperity or Paradox? The Netherlands is routinely ranked among the happiest countries in the world, a top-tier economy and the fourth largest GDP in Europe. But beneath this glossy label of prosperi...

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Where Did All the Money Go? Not to Restaurants.

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 28, 2025

More Money, Less Spending? In 2024, Dutch households saw their disposable income rise by 5.7%, reaching a historic €553 billion. On paper, that’s a good year. But dig deeper and the real story isn’t a...

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Confidence Is Falling. That’s Not the Real Problem.

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 27, 2025

Another month, another dip. In May, Dutch manufacturer confidence slipped once again—this time from -3.3 to -3.9, according to CBS. The headlines will call it “a minor decline.” But confidence doesn’t...

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Dutch Housing Prices Soar 10%—But Are We Celebrating a Bubble?

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 23, 2025

When Data Inflates, Truth Shrinks April 2025: According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the average price of an existing home was 10.2% higher than in April 2024. It’s the eleventh consecutive month ...

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The Dutch Paradox: Wealth Now, Weakness Later

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 21, 2025

The Netherlands looks good in pictures. Especially when the picture is taken at just the right angle. The Monitor Brede Welvaart and SDG’s 2025 , delivered to Parliament on Accountability Day, offers ...

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Why the Dutch Feel Stuck: The Shocking Truth Behind -37 Consumer Confidence

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 20, 2025

The Dinner Table Barometer Picture yourself at a Dutch dinner table in May 2025. The mood? Measured. You pass the potatoes, but the conversation circles—quietly—around rising prices, future plans, and...

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Retail Isn’t Recovered—It’s Cornered. When 0.9% Becomes 3.1%, You Should Ask Why.

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 19, 2025

Let’s not celebrate too soon. Yes, the Dutch retail sector posted a 3.1% turnover growth in Q1 2025. That’s the headline. But as anyone who’s studied the anatomy of a balance sheet knows— what grows c...

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Rethinking Recovery: The Netherlands Adjusts Its Resilience Compass

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 16, 2025

The Recovery Plan as a Living System In governance, plans are often treated like relics—fixed, codified, admired, and rarely questioned. But real resilience demands evolution. This week, the European ...

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The Silence of 0.1% — What April’s Unemployment Rate Is Really Telling Us

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 15, 2025

A Quiet Change in a Noisy World When I was twelve, I watched my grandfather polish a brass compass in his study. He told me something I didn’t understand at the time: “The world doesn’t break with ear...

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When the River Recedes: What the Decline in Dutch Freelancers Really Reveals

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 14, 2025

A Crack in the Mirror of Freedom For over a decade, freelancing in the Netherlands has been painted as a path to liberation. You were your own boss. You set your own rates. You worked from beach cafés...

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When the Ports Blink: What Rotterdam’s Decline and Antwerp’s Rise Reveal About Europe’s Trade Future

by Paolo Maria Pavan

May 13, 2025

You can hear it in the silence between shipping horns. Rotterdam, the titan of Europe’s logistics lifeblood, is blinking. Not collapsing—let’s not romanticize decline—but showing the unmistakable symp...

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