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Six of the last four recessions
Financial markets are signalling the risk of a recession. They might have cried wolf before, but it is still worth paying attention to them.
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Menno Middeldorp
Chief Economist, Director Knowledge Development Rabobank
Menno Middeldorp is responsible for RaboResearch and the Rabobank’s knowledge agenda.
Menno has over twenty years of international experience in economics and financial markets. Prior to his current role, he was Head of RaboResearch Netherlands and led the team covering diverse aspects of the Dutch economy including macroeconomics, the housing market, sectors, regions and environmental sustainability.
Before that he was an investment strategist at APG, the asset manager of pension fund ABP, and worked at the Bank of England, New York Fed and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Earlier in his career Menno also held different research positions at Rabobank with responsibilities ranging from interest rates and FX strategy, to the US economy, to the Dutch economy. He has a doctorate in economics from Utrecht University and wrote his thesis on how monetary policy communication impacts the efficiency of financial markets.
Publications Menno Middeldorp
Economic Quarterly Report Dutch version
The Netherlands: Economic growth to slow in the coming years
The Dutch economy is approaching its limits due to a tight labour market, while imported uncertainty is hindering business investment. This may be the last chance for policymakers to fix the roof while the sun is shining.
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Economische vooruitzichten voor Nederland en de wereldeconomie (Dutch)
Rabobank-economen Menno Middeldorp en Ester Barendregt geven een toelichting bij de economische vooruitzichten voor Nederland en de wereldeconomie, zoals beschreven in de december-editie van het Economisch Kwartaalbericht.
Economic Comment
Het is vreemd dat de kranten zo weinig over beleidsonzekerheid schrijven (Dutch)
Onzekerheid over wet- en regelgeving is slecht voor de economie. Maar dit lijkt op het moment niet veel aandacht te krijgen in de media. Vreemd eigenlijk, gezien alles wat er speelt in Den Haag en elders.
Economic Report
Sectorprognoses 2019: gunstige vooruitzichten maar groeimatiging op komst (Dutch)
De vooruitzichten voor 2019 zijn gunstig, ondanks een matiging van de economische groei. De sectoren die in 2018 en 2019 het hardst zullen groeien zijn de bouwnijverheid, de specialistische zakelijke dienstverlening en de horeca.
Economic Update Dutch version
The Netherlands: still summer, but the days are getting shorter
The Dutch economy is enjoying an extended summer, but the days are getting shorter. Confidence is waning and a shortage of labour is beginning to constrain the economic expansion.