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Het kabinet wil onder het motto ‘kleiner sturen’ de omvang van de overheid in Nederland terugdringen. Gemeenten moeten terug in aantal en groter qua omvang. Zo wordt de bestuurlijke indeling van ons land aangepast aan de maatschappelijke realiteit.
Economic Comment
The Cyprus bailout program presented on Monday 25 March is much better than the proposal presented a week before. A Cypriot euro exit has been averted, but the country will face a difficult and uncertain economic future.
Economic Comment
De financiële positie van pensioenfondsen is in het laatste kwartaal van 2012 licht verbeterd. Desondanks zijn veel pensioenfondsen genoodzaakt om per 1 april de pensioenen te korten.
Economic Quarterly Report
De wereldeconomie is sinds het begin van dit jaar in rustiger vaarwater gekomen. Volgens sommigen is daarmee 'het licht aan het eind van de tunnel' in zicht gekomen. Anderen zijn daar minder van overtuigd en stellen dat dit licht afkomstig is van een naderende trein.
Economic Quarterly Report
The Dutch economy has failed to recover from the Great Recession of 2008/2009 over the past several years. It contracted again in 2012 due to relatively low export growth and a drop in domestic spending. We do not expect this outlook to change to any significant degree this year or next.
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Bij het begin van de crisis in Nederland werd Japan gezien als schrikbeeld voor de ontwikkeling van onze economie voor de periode erna. Wat blijkt: De Nederlandse economische prestaties zijn slechter dan die van Japan. Reden voor Japaniek?
Economic Quarterly Report
The world has entered calmer waters since the beginning of this year. As such, some are already claiming that they are ‘seeing the light at the end of the tunnel’. We caution that there may still be some tunnel ahead.
Economic Quarterly Report
UK’s recovery is still very sluggish while the labour market is going from strength to strength. The economic outlook is unlikely to improve materially unless the pace of fiscal consolidation is slowed.
Economic Update
For the Brazilian economy, 2012 has been a very disappointing year, as GDP growth fell to 0.9%. So far, the recovery of the Brazilian economy has been weak, but in recent months some positive developments became visible.
Economic Update
India's Central Statistical Office government is now expecting GDP growth in Financial Year 2012/13 to come in at only 5% y-o-y. We expect the economy to recover somewhat this year. Economic growth is thus likely to strengthen to 6-6.5%.
Economic Update
Preliminary data shows that the Russian economy grew by 3.4% y-o-y in 2012. However, this masks the fact that the economy slowed fairly sharply over the course of the year. We expect growth to remain subdued at 3% in 2013.
Economic Report
The actions we see when a fire erupts in a building are not unlike those observed during the eurozone crisis. The lesson here is that the eurozone must always have an economic fire department in combination with stronger institutions.
Economic Comment
The death of Hugo Chávez on Tuesday not only creates economic and political uncertainty for Venezuela, but also for some of its neighbours.
Economic Update
The Dutch economy is currently experiencing a “triple-dip” recession. For the time being, it appears the recession will con¬tinue, but growth is expected to pick up during the course of 2013.
Economic Update
Het BBP kromp in het vierde kwartaal door een uitval van buitenlandse vraag. Een herstel in het eerste kwartaal wordt verwacht, waarbij in 2013 de groei meer binnenlands gedreven zal zijn. Dit wordt ondersteund door een verbetering van het sentiment
