Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation

September 22, 2004

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Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

The staff report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation on the Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands highlights the economic developments and policies. The economy is beginning to emerge from an extended downturn. Meanwhile, against a background of soft labor market conditions and economic slack generally, inflation pressures are low. The authorities acknowledged the economic reasoning behind these recommendations, but considered implementation politically difficult in light of a cultural preference for an egalitarian wage distribution.

Subject: Aging, Expenditure, Health care spending, Labor, Labor markets, Population and demographics, Wages

Keywords: Africa, Aging, Asia and Pacific, CR, Europe, Expenditure saving, GDP figure, Global, Health care spending, HICP, ISCR, Medium term fiscal consolidation effort, Middle East, Staff appraisal, Staff statement, Wages, Year-on-year HICP inflation

Publication Details

Pages:

49
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2004/300
Stock No:

1NLDEA0012004
ISBN:

9781451829389
ISSN:

1934-7685

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