Independent national fiscal institutions can play a major role in fiscal policy and in maintaining and restoring sustainability of a country's public finance. This paper describes the role of CPB in Dutch fiscal policy and discusses its merits and risks. And to what extent can it provide...

CPB forecasts for the next year and for the next period of government should be seen as well-motivated estimates based on all recent information, plausible assumptions and expected trends. These assumptions and trends are partly based on econometric estimation methods and insights from economic...

This paper discusses five different types of forecasts by CPB: forecasts for next year, forecasts for next period of government, analyses of the sustainability of public finance, long-term scenarios and long-term effects of election platforms. CPB forecasts for next year and for the next period...

The sovereign debt problems in European countries have increased the interest in fiscal watchdogs. This paper discusses the world’s oldest fiscal watchdog, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). Read also the <a href="http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/7929" target="_blank">article</a> at "VoxEU.org" , a <a href="http://mostlyeconomics.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/the-worlds-oldest-fiscal-watchdog-cpb-netherlands-bureau-for-economic-policy-analysis/" target="_blank">blog</a> at "Mostly Economics" and...