Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands: Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation

July 14, 2005

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Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands: Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

This Netherlands’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that raising participation and productivity are important for boosting the economy potential and reducing pressures on the public finances in the face of population aging. The authorities have implemented or are in the process of implementing key reforms, including by tightening disability and unemployment benefits and early retirement arrangements, lessening inactivity traps, enhancing competition, and reducing the administrative burden. The financial system remains sound, resilient to potential adverse shocks, and well supervised.

Subject: Aging, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, Labor, Population and demographics, Wages

Keywords: Aging, CR, Downside risks to the growth outlook, Europe, Fiscal policy, GDP data, Growth projection, ISCR, Revision, Staff appraisal, Staff statement, Wages

Publication Details

Pages:

45
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2005/226
Stock No:

1NLDEA2005002
ISBN:

9781451829525
ISSN:

1934-7685

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