Why Dutch Consumer Confidence Is Still in the Gutter, Even When the News Pretends It’s Not by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 23, 2025 Every number is a confession. Especially when it pretends to be neutral. Take this one: -32 . That’s where Dutch consumer confidence landed in July. Better than June’s -36, but still buried deep benea... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why Dutch House Prices Are Skyrocketing Again (And You’re Probably Too Late) by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 22, 2025 The Cold Number, the Warm Truth In June 2025, Dutch existing home prices rose by 9.3% compared to June 2024. That’s not subtle. Month-over-month (May to June), the increase was 0.9% . If you’re just t... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan REAL ESTATE Read more
Why Smart Entrepreneurs Are Ditching Buildings and Betting on Machines in 2025 by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 21, 2025 A dip in the numbers. But what story do they tell? May 2025: investment in tangible fixed assets in the Netherlands fell by 4.0% compared to the same month a year earlier. Headlines stop here. But num... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
The Dutch Pension Bomb No One's Talking About: Why Your Taxes Are Now Paying Grandma’s Bills by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 18, 2025 Act I: The Quiet Crossing Nobody Noticed In 2024, something historic happened in the Netherlands. Not dramatic. Not viral. But structurally seismic: for the first time ever, more than half of all AOW ... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
The Hidden Truth Behind the Netherlands’ ‘Stable’ Unemployment Rate: What 386,000 Jobless Really Reveal by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 17, 2025 When Stability Is the Mask of Movement 386,000 unemployed people. 3.8% unemployment rate. Flat for three consecutive months. To the untrained eye, that signals equilibrium. To anyone who runs a compan... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why 95% of Exporting Industries Are Worried: The Trade Policy Earthquake You Can’t Ignore by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 16, 2025 Introduction: Trade Anxiety Is Now the Default Setting for Exporters If you're running a business that exports goods, machinery, chemicals, wood, or even paper—you're likely feeling something heavy in... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why the Netherlands Is Keeping Dead Companies Alive (And Pretending It's a Recovery) by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 15, 2025 The Surface Story: Numbers that Reassure June 2025: 313 companies were declared bankrupt in the Netherlands. That’s an 18% drop compared to the same month a year earlier. The bankruptcy rate sits at 8... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why Your Business Is Clapping for 0.5% Growth Like It's a Win, And Why That Should Scare You by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 14, 2025 Exports Up 0.5%. Should We Celebrate? May 2025. The Dutch export machine, once an iron heartbeat of Europe, managed a whisper of growth: just +0.5% in volume (corrected for working days) compared to M... AUDIO DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why That Quiet 1.1% Jump in Spending Is the Wake-Up Call Smart Entrepreneurs Needed by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 11, 2025 A Modest Number with a Loud Signal When CBS tells us that Dutch households spent 1.1% more in May 2025 than in May 2024, most executives raise an eyebrow, then move on. Too small to celebrate, too gre... DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why the Dutch Housing Market Is Faking Its Comeback (and We’re All Falling for It) by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 10, 2025 The House Always Wins, But Who’s Keeping Score? Imagine you're standing in front of a brand-new home. Clean lines, solar panels, a smart thermostat that talks to your fridge. €504,000, and climbing. I... DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan REAL ESTATE Read more
Why Dutch Companies Are Hoarding Billions Instead of Building the Future by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 9, 2025 A Curious Abundance: The €14.5 Billion Question Imagine sitting on a mountain of profit, more than you’ve ever seen before, €162.5 billion, to be precise. That’s what Dutch non-financial corporations ... DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more
Why “Normal” Inflation Is the Biggest Lie You’re Being Sold in 2025 by Paolo Maria Pavan Jul 8, 2025 The Morning After the Storm If inflation were a guest at our breakfast table, June 2025 served us lukewarm coffee, not cold enough to call it deflation, not hot enough to scald us like 2022 did. A 3.1... DUTCH ECONOMY ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan Read more