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 …

This Selected Issues paper reviews Belgium’s experience with fiscal adjustment and the long-term outlook for the public …

This paper describes economic developments in Belgium during the 1990s. The moderate recovery experienced by Belgium in …

This Selected Background Issues paper analyzes the competitiveness issues for Belgium and analyzes in what sense … competitiveness is important for the country. The paper summarizes the approach followed in Belgium to measure developments in this … competitiveness is not currently a problem in Belgium. The paper also analyzes the rise in the current account surplus, and links it …

This Selected Background Issues paper analyzes sectoral wage differentiation and labor cost issues in Belgium. The … paper discusses wage dispersion across sectors in Belgium and compares it with the pattern in other European countries. It … Belgium …

This 2020 Article IV Consultation with Belgium highlights that economic activity has held up relatively well over the …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes Belgium's fiscal stance using a structural stochastic model. This note uses a … buffers is essential to helping Belgium confront the next shock from a stronger fiscal position. Overall, this illustrates a … capacity to react to shocks later. This entails a short-term cost that is, in the case of Belgium, worth the effort as this …