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Forecasting

Behind the scenes of Belgian Prime News
30 September 2022
For almost twenty-five years now, the National Bank of Belgium has been holding meetings every quarter with the Belgian…
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Payments

What do we have to do with your new cowboy boots?
14 September 2022
It seems that cowboy boots are a must-have item this autumn! If you put a pair in your Zalando shopping basket, you will…
Profielfoto Reinout Temmerman
  • Reinout Temmerman
  • Adviser
Man met das zit achter bureau vol Amerikaanse dollarbiljetten
Monetary policy

Growing income inequality leads to lower interest rates and higher household debt
31 August 2022
Interest rates have fallen significantly since the early ‘80s. Over the same period, income inequality has grown. In a…
Ansgar Rannenberg
  • Ansgar Rannenberg
  • Economist
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Banking supervision

The ECB’s climate risk stress test: essentially a learning exercise
15 July 2022
“For what we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.” In its capacity as the EU banking supervisor, the European…
Brenda Van Tendeloo
  • Brenda Van Tendeloo
  • Climate and environmental risks adviser
FSR
Financial stability

War, inflation and the energy crisis: is financial stability in jeopardy?
29 June 2022
The Belgian financial sector remains sound. This was the finding expressed by the National Bank in its annual report on…

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