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The continent is isolated (Dutch)
Met een verminderde Britse invloed maakt de Europese Unie wellicht een draai in een meer protectionistische richting, wat voor een handelsnatie als de onze een zeer slechte zaak zou zijn.
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Economic Update Dutch version
Country Update Belgium
Almost one-and-a-half year after the elections there has finally been a political breakthrough. With the announcement of harsh austerity measures in 2012 the new government hopes to reduce the budget deficit and thereby to regain market trust.
Economic Update Dutch version
Country Update Italy
The Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Monti, faces the difficult task of lowering the budget deficit and enacting structural reforms while the economy is falling back into recession. Under the motto Save Italy, the first set of measures has been passed.
Economic Update Dutch version
Country Update Germany
Germany’s 11Q3 growth (+0.5% q-o-q) testifies to the country’s economic resilience. Private consumption was the biggest contributor to GDP growth, partly due to the disappointing performance in 11Q2.
Special Dutch version
Southern Europe and Ireland the long road
Every summit held by EU leaders over the past two years has created an atmosphere of hope regarding a permanent solution to the European debt issues. Unfortunately, every one of those summits had a disappointing outcome. However, it is hardly surprising that the crisis cannot be solved in the short term, let alone in one go.
Economic Report
Emerging Europe: caught without an umbrella
Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries are rapidly becoming the first casualties in the euro zone’s war on debt. How is the eurozone crisis affecting or could come to affect the economic stability of CEE?
Economic Report
The Great Uncertainty (compilation)
This article is the introduction of a series of Special Reports that discuss the downside risks to the global economic outlook, as presented in Rabobank Outlook 2012.
Economic Report
Risk of financial repression in the West
This article is part of a series of Special Reports that discuss the downside risks to the global economic outlook. In this piece, we take a closer look at the risk of financial repression in the West.
Economic Report
Risk of debt crises in the US and Japan
This article is part of a series of Special Reports that discuss the downside risks to the global economic outlook. In this piece, we take a closer look at the risk of sovereign debt crises in the US and Japan.
Special Dutch version
Outlook 2012 (full report)
In 2011, we have seen a sluggish continuation of last year's weak recovery from the Great Recession. There are now, however, indications that the economy is once again heading towards a considerable slowdown in growth.
Economic Report
The risk of a hard landing in China
This article is part of a series of Special Reports that discuss the downside risks to the global economic outlook. In this study we take a closer look at the risk of a hard landing in China.