Belgium; Selected Issues Paper

This Selected Issues Paper on Belgium provides an overview of the extent of trade and financial openness of Belgium and the links to particular countries. With an export-to-GDP ratio of 79 percent, Belgium belongs to the most open economies in Europe and also globally. Its exports are highly concentrated with a share of three-fourths of total merchandise exports accounted for by the European Union, of which close to two-thirds go to Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

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Year of publication:	2012-03-20
Institutions:	International Monetary Fund (IMF) ; International Monetary Fund
Subject:	Labor market policy \| Labor market reforms \| Pension reforms \| Selected issues \| Spillovers \| Tax reforms \| Taxation \| banking \| banking sector \| bond \| government bond \| bond spread \| recapitalization \| international banks \| bank claims \| financial sector \| bank liabilities \| bond spreads \| bank lenders \| bank losses \| tier 1 capital \| accounting framework \| bank data \| financial institutions \| bank lender \| bond yields \| bank for international settlements \| financial stability \| bank balance sheet \| interbank market \| government bond yields \| financial contagion \| bonds

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IMF Staff Country Reports.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series IMF Staff Country Reports Number 12/56 5 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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