Dutch Market Moves? Paolo Maria Pavan Explains Why

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The Economy Grew, But Your Shop Floor Still Needs Your Attention

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jan 4, 2026

Last week I spoke with a small business owner in Amersfoort who runs a two-person installation company. He did not ask me about GDP, export figures, or government consumption. He asked a simpler quest...

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Wages Rose 5.0% in 2025. For Small Businesses, That Is Not a Statistic. It Is a Monthly Reality.

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jan 3, 2026

If you run a micro or small business in the Netherlands, you do not need a report to tell you payroll feels heavier. You see it in every scheduling choice, every hiring hesitation, every moment you ca...

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A Slightly Less Grey Forecast, but Still a Grey Sky

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jan 2, 2026

You don’t run a micro business by staring at economic indicators. You run it by watching your cash flow, your clients’ behaviour, and the quiet changes in everyday spending. Still, the national number...

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A Pause, Not a Pullback

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jan 1, 2026

When Statistics Netherlands reported that investments in tangible fixed assets were 0.4 percent lower in October 2025 than a year earlier, the headline felt heavier than the number deserves. A fractio...

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Dutch Corporate Profits Are Rising Again. The Small Business Question Is: Who Gets to Breathe?

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Jan 1, 2026

In the third quarter of 2025, non-financial companies in the Netherlands reported a consolidated gross profit before tax of €100.1 billion . That is €3.3 billion more than in the same quarter last yea...

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Unemployment Is Rising Quietly. What Matters Is Where and Why

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Dec 31, 2025

When the headline says that unemployment in the Netherlands is still at 4.0 percent, it sounds almost reassuring. Stable. Manageable. Nothing to panic about. Yet behind that calm surface, November’s f...

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The Housing Market Is Cooling, Not Crashing

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Dec 30, 2025

In November 2025, existing home prices in the Netherlands were on average 6.1 percent higher than a year earlier. That number sounds familiar by now, almost routine. What matters more is what sits beh...

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Poverty Shows Up at the Doctor Before It Shows Up in the Ledger

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Dec 29, 2025

Most entrepreneurs recognise financial stress when it hits the bank account. Fewer recognise it when it shows up as fatigue, chronic pain, or a lingering sense that work takes more effort than it used...

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When the Numbers Rise Quietly

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Dec 27, 2025

The Netherlands is not a poor country. That is still true. And yet, in 2024, 551,000 people lived below the poverty line. That is 3.1 percent of the population, up from 2.7 percent the year before. Af...

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When More Work Brings Less Reward

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Dec 27, 2025

The latest figures from Statistics Netherlands and Wageningen Economic Research tell a story that will sound familiar to many entrepreneurs, even far beyond the farm. Agricultural income in 2025 is ex...

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The Netherlands Is Getting Older. Your Business Is Already Feeling It.

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Dec 27, 2025

This year marks a quiet turning point. For the first time in our country’s history, there are more people aged 65 and over than people under 20. It did not arrive with a headline-grabbing crisis or a ...

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Netherlands Housing Market, July 2025: Prices Rise 8.6% Year-on-Year

by Paolo Maria Pavan

Aug 22, 2025

Q: Are we back in a housing bubble like before? "Not exactly. Prices are rising again, up 8.6% in July compared to last year, but this isn’t the wild 20% jumps we saw in 2021–2022. Back then it was fr...

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