Dutch economy grows 1% on the back of rising exports

The Dutch economy grew 1% in the second quarter of 2024 when compared with the first, and 0.8% when compared with the same period last year, national statistics agency CBS said on Wednesday. The increase in GDP, which is higher than had been expected, is due mainly to exports, but investment and government spending also had a role, the CBS said. “I did not see this coming,” CBS chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen told broadcaster NOS. It remains to...