Inflation Stayed at 3.3% in 2025. Your Business Still Feels It Differently. by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 16, 2026 When Statistics Netherlands reports that inflation was 3.3 percent in 2025, the first reaction is often a tired shrug. It was 3.3 percent in 2024 too, so the story sounds like repetition. But if you r... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
When Inflation Slows, Your Costs Still Talk Back by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 15, 2026 In December 2025, prices in the Netherlands were 2.8 percent higher than a year earlier. That is slightly lower than November’s 2.9 percent, and on paper it looks like a small easing of pressure. But ... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
Fewer Bankruptcies, Clearer Signals by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 14, 2026 In December, adjusted for court hearing days, 265 companies in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. That number is not only lower than a year earlier, it also closes the year with a calmer tone tha... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
The House Market Is Moving Again. Quietly, But Clearly. by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 13, 2026 In the third quarter of 2025, nearly 68,000 homes changed hands in the Netherlands. That is more than twelve percent higher than a year earlier. At first glance, it sounds like just another housing st... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
A Small Uptick in Dutch Industry, and What It Really Means for the Small Business Owner by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 12, 2026 When you run a micro or small business, you learn quickly that the economy does not arrive as a headline. It arrives as a phone that rings less often, a supplier who quietly raises prices, a customer ... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
The Quiet Retreat of the Weekend Shift by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 11, 2026 In the Netherlands, there are certain numbers that do not scream, but they do speak. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) recently published a simple one: in 2024, about 2.3 million people usually or always w... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
Inflation Ends 2025 at 2.8% by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 10, 2026 If you run a micro or small business in the Netherlands, you do not experience inflation as a statistic. You experience it as a hesitation. A customer who asks one more question before buying. A suppl... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
A Half Percent That Matters by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 9, 2026 In November 2025, Dutch households bought 0.5 percent more goods and services than they did in November 2024. That number comes from Statistics Netherlands (CBS), and at first glance it looks like a c... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
When Confidence Stalls but Spending Hesitates by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 8, 2026 December closed with a familiar signal from Statistics Netherlands. Consumer confidence remains stuck at minus twenty-one, unchanged from November. For many readers, that number feels abstract, someth... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
The Internship Silence We Rarely Notice by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 7, 2026 Last week, new figures from Statistics Netherlands passed quietly through the news cycle. They were precise, well-measured, and easy to overlook. One in ten vocational students in the BOL pathway expe... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
The Netherlands Is Spending More Than It Earns, Yet the Debt Ratio Falls by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 6, 2026 In the first three quarters of 2025, the Dutch government spent €11 billion more than it received . That is not a slogan, it is a simple piece of bookkeeping, and it matters because bookkeeping always... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more
The Paycheck Is Up. The Mortgage Is Bigger. So Why Does It Still Feel Tight? by Paolo Maria Pavan Jan 5, 2026 When Statistics Netherlands (CBS) says that real disposable household income rose by 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2025 compared to a year earlier, it sounds like a quiet victory. “Real” means c... ES IT NL Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE Read more