The article presents the Bank’s new macroeconomic projections. For the first time, and in accordance with the change in the publication of the euro area projections by the ECB, the projection period includes the year t+2, in this case 2016. It should be stressed that the uncertainty around the...

The current economic situation in the euro area is causing serious concern. While the measures adopted by the European authorities since the end of 2011 did temporarily ease the uncertainty and financial tensions at the beginning of 2012, renewed nervousness on the sovereign debt markets and...

The article presents the Bank’s new macroeconomic projections for 2013 and 2014. They were produced in a context of deceleration of growth in the emerging economies and a hesitant revival of activity in the advanced countries. According to the Eurosystem’s projections, real GDP is likely to...

Since the publication of the Bank’s previous macroeconomic projections in June 2012, the global economic environment has become much less buoyant. In the euro area, economic activity is now also slowing down rapidly in countries that were previously less affected by the crisis. Against this...

This article presents the Bank’s new macroeconomic projections for 2014-2016. They have been produced for the first time on the basis of the national accounts ESA 2010. They already take account of the measures adopted by the new federal government and the federated entities in accordance with...

The Bank’s new macroeconomic projections for 2013 and 2014 were produced in a low-key international context featuring wide variations in performance between the main economic regions and an apparent disconnect between the real economy and the financial sphere. On the one hand, a vigorous...

The economic and financial environment has become much gloomier in recent months, with the slowdown in activity and international trade, the dramatic worsening of the sovereign debt crisis in the euro area and its impact on financial institutions, and the plummeting confidence of business...

At the beginning of 2011, the recovery phase seen in the global economy over the past two years reached a degree of maturity. Activity in the various economic regions should gradually progress from being export-led to become more broadly based. At the same time, the improvement in the economic...

Since the previous forecasts were published in February 2009, the downturn in activity and international trade in late 2008 and early 2009 has proved to be even sharper than initially expected. An unprecedentedly deep recession has spread across the various economic regions of the world,...

The backdrop to the forecasting exercise paints a contrasting picture : the initial situation of the projections appears slightly more favourable than in the previous forecast exercise of autumn 2005, with the Belgian economy displaying undoubted momentum at the beginning of 2006. However, a...