Cost of Living

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A Red Cross worker distributing food packages in Amsterdam
PoliticsBusinessCultureLifestyleFood
Food bank use in Netherlands jumps 7.5% to 155,600 amid rising cost of living
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Person saving money in piggy bank
Business
Some 3.7 million Dutch people can't afford to build up savings
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Petrol and diesel fuel pumps
PoliticsBusiness
High petrol prices could lead Dutch workers to change jobs, union warns
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People walking past the Amac retail store on Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam. 22 April 2023
CrimeBusiness
Amac employees call off labor strike claiming "intimidation and threats"
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People walking past the Amac retail store on Prins Hendrikkade in Amsterdam. 22 April 2023
Business
Apple reseller Amac facing possible employee strike on Sunday
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A customer walks past an Amsterdam bodega's produce set up in front of the grocery store. 22 November 2023
Business
Grocery price hikes expected to stop next year, but prices unlikely to fall
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Skyline of Rotterdam. View from the Euromast Tower. 22 July 2020
Business
Rotterdam rises rapidly on Economist list of world’s most expensive cities
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An aerial view of Amsterdam, facing south, in 2016
Business
Netherlands one of few countries where social security increased last year
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Shopping street in Eindhoven
PoliticsBusiness
80% of NL residents worried about daily costs of living: Eurobarometer
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Food bank
BusinessCultureFood
Dutch families having a harder time affording groceries; Red Cross issues fundraiser
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Stressed woman on couch
HealthBusiness
Study: People with financial problems far more likely to be anxious or depressed
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Mortgage application form
Business
Gov't could decrease mortgage lending limit due to higher living expenses
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The Silodam mixed use building in Amsterdam includes free market and social housing. June 2015
Business
Home rental price increase rising at fastest rate in eight years
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Handful of coins
PoliticsBusiness
New cost of living calculations urgently needed, say Dutch MP’s
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Mark Rutte after the Council of Ministers meeting on 15 Apr. 2022
PoliticsBusiness
PM Rutte confirms impoverished families will not get extra €500 stipend
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Houses of Amsterdam
Business
Amsterdam falls 8 spots on Economist’s most expensive cities list
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Tourists alongside a canal in Amsterdam.
Business
Amsterdam climbs 20 spots in most expensive cities ranking
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Amsterdam Flag
Business
Amsterdam ranks in top third of most expensive cities for immigrants
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Volunteers sorting food bank donations
Food
More Dutch families making use of food banks
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Politics
Dutch lose hearing on Moroccan benefits deal