Dutch Quarter Puts Margins – The Polder News

Single-panel cartoon: a tiny café interior. At the only table sit personified costs—keys-on-belt landlord, stamp-wielding official, plug-headed ‘energy,’ jerrycan in a suit, and clock-faced timesheets—eating large portions. The owner

Single-panel cartoon: a tiny café interior. At the only table sit personified costs—keys-on-belt landlord, stamp-wielding official, plug-headed ‘energy,’ jerrycan in a suit, and clock-faced timesheets—eating large portions. The owner

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A Thin Dutch Quarter Puts Margins Back on the Table

A weak quarter keeps the economy moving, but energy, credit and cautious customers narrow the space for small firms.

byPaolo Maria Pavan

June 7, 2026