relationships between branches, the peculiarities regarding the degree of openness and the production process of the Belgian economy … of the importance of domestic intermediate consumption in the production process. Generally speaking, business sector …, wages represent globally more than a third of total production. However, the share of wages amounts to about a quarter of …

prices do reflect the effects of the settlement delay. …

with price stability. Because stable prices are essential to maximum long-term economic growth and living standards, the … first examines the behavior of inflation over the past year, showing that sharp increases in food and energy prices caused … most overall inflation measures to rise, while inflation in nonfood and nonenergy prices slowed. Second, he shows that …

The plunge in world oil prices has brought further difficulties to U.S. oil production, which has been declining in … recent years. At the current low prices, most domestic oil wells are not profitable. This calls into question the long …-run viability of oil production in the United States. Whether oil production remains a viable part of the U.S. economy in the next …