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Flood
Climate

Climate change doesn’t leave the financial sector cold
27 January 2023
The ECB has published new climate-related indicators for the financial sector, in cooperation with the national central…
Croatia in the euro zone
Euro

What will change when Croatia joins the euro area?

28 December 2022
On 1 January 2023, Croatia will join the euro area and the Schengen Area, almost ten years after becoming a member of…
business intelligence
Business intelligence

We’re all ears!
01 December 2022
The NBB keeps its ear to the ground in the business world. Like a veritable James Bond, we collect “business…
Raïsa Basselier
  • Raïsa Basselier
  • Economist
Energy inflation
Energy

Energy prices and inflation: it's complicated
18 November 2022
There’s a bit of good news for Belgian consumers: the federal energy regulator, CREG, issued a noteworthy draft…
Jana Jonckheere
  • Jana Jonckheere
  • Economist
energie

Households save a large chunk of energy aid
10 November 2022
The government has taken measures to cushion the impact of high energy bills for households, such as a VAT reduction and…
Collateral
Lending

Borrowing from the National Bank: how does it work?
13 October 2022
The idea of borrowing from the National Bank probably never crossed your mind because individual citizens cannot apply…
Rogier Vanherpe
  • Rogier Vanherpe
  • Head of Division, Credit & Collateral
Belgian Prime News
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…
boots
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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