Belgium: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation
March 13, 2002
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This 2001 Article IV Consultation highlights that following four years of robust expansion, real GDP growth in Belgium slowed markedly in 2001, as higher oil prices, declining equity values, and the deteriorating external environment adversely affected business investment, household consumption, and exports. The outlook for 2002 depends critically on a recovery in the world economy and, especially, in Belgium’s key European trading partners. Growth for the year is projected by the IMF staff at 0.7 percent, although activity is expected to pick up significantly in the second half of the year.
Subject: Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Labor, Labor markets, Wages
Keywords: authority, banking sector, budget balance, central bank, CR, Europe, firm, fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Global, government, headline inflation, IMF staff projection, IMF's assessment, ISCR, Labor markets, management reform, reform, staff scenario, structural surplus, unemployment rate, wage growth, Wages
Pages:
45
Volume:
2002
DOI:
Issue:
042
Series:
Country Report No. 2002/042
Stock No:
1BELEA0012002
ISBN:
9781451803112
ISSN:
1934-7685
