Belgium: 2010 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and a Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion.

April 6, 2011

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Belgium: 2010 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and a Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion., (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed October 6, 2024

Summary

After being hit by a severe recession in 2008–09, the Belgian economy is gradually recovering. When core inflation remained subdued in 2010, headline inflation jumped up due to the energy price hike. The growth of potential output is expected to revert to its declining trend over the medium term. Building upon the encouraging 2010 fiscal outcome, the caretaker government is preparing a draft federal budget for 2011. To reduce the overall deficit to 3 percent of GDP by 2012, significant additional tightening measures will be needed.

Subject: Banking, Income, Labor, Labor costs, Labor markets, National accounts, Public debt, Wage indexation

Keywords: Caretaker government, CR, Draft federal budget, Eastern Europe, Europe, Financial crisis law, Global, Headline inflation, Income, ISCR, Labor costs, Labor markets, Real wage moderation, Real wage wage freeze, Staff appraisal, Structural adjustment

Publication Details

Pages:

52
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2011/081
Stock No:

1BELEA2011001
ISBN:

9781455233090
ISSN:

1934-7685

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