National Bank of Belgium

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Unless otherwise indicated, data are not seasonally adjusted
Dots are delimiters for units of thousands, commas indicate decimal points
Some of the prescribed breakdowns are shown on separate pages through a link found in the last column "More Info" of the NSDP.

REAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
National Accounts, chain linked, ESA95
* GDP at market prices	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	86.250	85.826	0,49	2,03	[Backdata]
* Flash-estimate of real GDP growth	percentage
* Value added breakdown:
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	512	512	0,00	-1,16	[Backdata]
** Industry	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	13.199	13.191	0,06	3,80	[Backdata]
** Construction	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	4.147	4.106	1,00	2,24	[Backdata]
** Services	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	59.028	58.792	0,40	1,53	[Backdata]
** Other components	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	9.423	9.285	1,49	3,25	[Backdata]
* Expenditure components:
** Private final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	45.518	45.363	0,34	1,18	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	20.425	20.338	0,43	1,25	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	18.564	18.359	1,12	0,29	[Backdata]
** Total export	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	72.828	72.949	-0,17	6,69	[Backdata]
** Total import	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., chained 2008 euros	Q4/10	71.152	70.288	1,23	5,53	[Backdata]
* Price deflators value added:							[]
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	108,6	103,7	4,73	7,74	[Backdata]
** Industry	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	99,9	99	0,91	1,63	[Backdata]
** Construction	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	99,4	98,8	0,61	-0,40	[Backdata]
** Services	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	104,5	103,8	0,67	1,85	[Backdata]
** Other components	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	104,9	104,3	0,58	4,59	[Backdata]
** GDP at market prices	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	103,7	102,9	0,78	2,07	[Backdata]
* Price deflators expenditure:
** Private final consumption	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	102,7	102,2	0,49	3,01	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	107,5	105,2	2,19	1,90	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	deflator, s.a. + w.d.a., index 2008 = 100	Q4/10	100,1	92,8	7,87	8,80	[Backdata]
National Accounts at current prices, ESA95
* GDP at market prices	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	89.419	88.349	1,21	4,10	[Backdata]
* Value added breakdown:
** Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fisheries	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	556	531	4,71	6,51	[Backdata]
** Industry	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	13.190	13.055	1,03	5,52	[Backdata]
** Construction	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	4.123	4.055	1,68	1,88	[Backdata]
** Services	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	61.668	61.022	1,06	3,33	[Backdata]
** Other components	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	9.882	9.686	2,02	7,98	[Backdata]
* Expenditure components:
** Private final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	46.749	46.366	0,83	4,27	[Backdata]
** Public final consumption	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	21.956	21.403	2,58	3,20	[Backdata]
** Gross domestic capital formation	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	18.575	17.033	9,05	9,10	[Backdata]
** Net export	EUR millions, s.a. + w.d.a., current prices	Q4/10	2.139	3.546	-39,68	-22,64	[Backdata]
Industrial Production	gross series, index 2000 = 100	Dec/10	97,3	104,5	-6,89	9,70	[Backdata and detail]
Forward-looking indicator: qualitative business survey	monthly weightened results, gross series, seasonally adjusted	Mar/11	6,2	5,8	6,90	272,22	[Backdata and detail]
Degree of utilisation of installed production capacity: total of all industries	last month of quarter weightened result, gross series, in percentage	Jan/11	78,4	81,1	-3,33	6,96	[Backdata]
Employment	thousands, s.a. + w.d.a.	Q4/10	4.562,1	4.551,2	0,24	1,20	[Backdata and detail]
Unemployment rate	seasonally adjusted, E.U.-definition, in percentage of labour force	Jan/11	8	8,1	-1,23	-3,61	[Backdata and detail]
Wages	index October 1980 = 100	Jan/11	246,7	245,8	0,37	0,98	[Backdata]
Consumer prices	index 2004 = 100	Feb/11	116,33	115,66	0,58	3,39	[Backdata and detail]
Producer Prices	index 2005= 100	Jan/11	125,3	122,8	2,04	9,53	[Backdata and detail]
FISCAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
General Government Operations
* Revenue	EUR millions	2009	163.259,6	168.386,3	-3,04	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Expenditure	EUR millions	2009	183.889,1	173.176,8	6,19	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Balance, Deficit (-) / Surplus (+)	EUR millions	2009	-20.629,5	-4.790,5	330,63	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Financing by new liabilities	EUR millions	2009	15.304	25.810	-40,71	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
Central Government Operations
* Revenue	EUR millions	Jan/11	2.940	6.312	-53,42	-9,34	[Backdata and detail]
* Expenditure	EUR millions	Jan/11	6.066	3.212	88,85	-5,23	[Backdata and detail]
* Balance, Deficit (-) / Surplus (+)	EUR millions	Jan/11	-2.090	3.191	-165,50	27,41	[Backdata]
* Financing by new liabilities	EUR millions	Jan/11	2.348	1.373	71,01	-63,68	[Backdata and detail]
Central Government Debt
* Total debt	EUR millions	Jan/11	343.507	341.193	0,68	4,76	[Backdata and detail]
* By original maturity
** Up to 1 year	EUR millions	Jan/11	49.401	49.915	-1,03	1,41	[Backdata]
** Over 1 year	EUR millions	Jan/11	294.106	291.278	0,97	5,35	[Backdata]
* By currency
** Euro (since 1999) (before 1999: only Belgian francs)	EUR millions	Jan/11	342.399	341.075	0,39		[Backdata]
** Foreign currencies (since 1999 only currencies not belonging to the euro zone)	EUR millions	Jan/11	1.108	118	838,98		[Backdata and detail]
*** USD	EUR millions	Jan/11	0	0			[Backdata]
FINANCIAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector
* National contribution to the euro area M3	EUR millions	Jan/11	419.800	417.400	0,57	n.a.	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on general government (gross)	EUR millions	Jan/11	145.888	139.994	4,21	1,93	[Backdata and detail]
** of which securities other than shares	EUR millions	Jan/11	123.866	119.871	3,33	0,16	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on private sector, other than MFI	EUR millions	Jan/11	381.926	386.382	-1,15	0,55	[Backdata and detail]
** of which securities other than shares	EUR millions	Jan/11	94.853	95.671	-0,86	9,07	[Backdata and detail]
* Deposits by central government	EUR millions	Jan/11	3.830	3.179	20,48	-53,00	[Backdata]
* External position	EUR millions	Jan/11	-12.492	-13.488	-7,38	-284,63	[Backdata]
* Foreign assets (outside euro area)	EUR millions	Jan/11	212.097	209.944	1,03	-0,23	[Backdata]
* Foreign liabilities (outside euro area)	EUR millions	Jan/11	224.589	223.432	0,52	9,11	[Backdata]
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
* Base money	EUR millions	Feb/11	38.921	39.767	-2,13	-3,95	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on general government	EUR millions	Feb/11	13.917	13.907	0,07	29,87	[Backdata and detail]
* Domestic (eurozone) claims on all private sector	EUR millions	Feb/11	13.286	13.370	-0,63	-69,32	[Backdata and detail]
* External position	EUR millions	Feb/11	13.446	13.234	1,60	14,18	[Backdata and detail]
Interest rates
* ESCB-rate for main refinancing operations	percentage	2011-03-25	1	1	0,00	0,00	[Backdata]
* 3 month Belgian Treasury Bills	percentage	2011-03-24	0,94	0,94	0,00	213,33	[Backdata]
* Belgian Government Bonds (benchmark, 10 year)	percentage	2011-03-24	4,2	4,23	-0,71	17,98	[Backdata]
Stock market, BAS - price index	index 1 January 1980 = 1000	2011-03-24	8.643,09	8.558,48	0,99	2,12	[Backdata]
EXTERNAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Balance of Payments of Belgium
* Current account (net)	EUR millions	Sep/10	219	-1.599	-113,70	31,14	[Backdata]
** Good and services (net)	EUR millions	Sep/10	1.551	-366	-523,77	-1,02	[Backdata]
*** Import of goods and services	EUR millions	Sep/10	23.880	21.369	11,75	18,53	[Backdata and detail]
*** Export of goods and services	EUR millions	Sep/10	25.431	21.003	21,08	17,11	[Backdata and detail]
** Income (net)	EUR millions	Sep/10	-787	-786	0,13	4,61	[Backdata and detail]
** Current transfers (net)	EUR millions	Sep/10	-545	-447	21,92	5,22	[Backdata and detail]
* Capital account (net)	EUR millions	Sep/10	75	48	56,25	179,79	[Backdata and detail]
* Financial account and international reserves (net)	EUR millions	Sep/10	-1.724	763	-325,95	-1.377,04	[Backdata and detail]
International reserves
* Gross international reserves
** Reserve assets of the NBB	USD billions	Feb/11	27,3	26,7	2,25	12,81	[Backdata]
*** Gold	USD billions	Feb/11	10,3	9,7	6,19	27,16	[Backdata]
*** SDR's	USD billions	Feb/11	6,8	6,9	-1,45	0,00	[Backdata]
*** IMF-position	USD billions	Feb/11	2,2	2,2	0,00	46,67	[Backdata]
*** Foreign currencies	USD billions	Feb/11	7,9	7,9	0,00	0,00	[Backdata]
* Data template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity	EUR millions	Feb/11	19.772	19.555	1,11	11,19	[TEMPLATE] [Backdata]
Merchandise Trade
* Total exports	EUR millions	Jan/11	26.981,6	25.116,3	7,43	20,17	[Backdata and detail]
* Total imports	EUR millions	Jan/11	26.466,7	25.270,6	4,73	23,41	[Backdata and detail]
Exchange Rates: EUR	USD	2011-03-24	1,4128	1,4136	-0,06	5,92	[Backdata and detail]
International Investment Position - BLEU
* Assets	EUR billions	2001	2.539	2.284	11,16	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	2001	586	519	12,91	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	2001	1.184	1.086	9,02	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	2001	448	476	-5,88	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	2001	736	610	20,66	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	2001	753	666	13,06	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Reserve assets	EUR billions	2001	16	13	23,08	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Liabilities	EUR billions	2001	2.388	2.112	13,07	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	2001	649	558	16,31	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	2001	973	872	11,58	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	2001	772	713	8,27	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	2001	201	159	26,42	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	2001	766	682	12,32	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Net	EUR billions	2001	151	172	-12,21	n.a.	[Backdata]
International Investment Position - Belgium
* Assets	EUR billions	2009	1.613	1.668	-3,30	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	2009	531	535	-0,75	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	2009	539	529	1,89	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	2009	166	151	9,93	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	2009	373	378	-1,32	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	2009	526	593	-11,30	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Reserve assets	EUR billions	2009	17	11	54,55	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Liabilities	EUR billions	2009	1.462	1.561	-6,34	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Direct investment	EUR billions	2009	598	591	1,18	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Portfolio investment	EUR billions	2009	324	287	12,89	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Equity securities	EUR billions	2009	48	34	41,18	n.a.	[Backdata]
*** Debt securities	EUR billions	2009	276	253	9,09	n.a.	[Backdata]
** Other investment	EUR billions	2009	540	683	-20,94	n.a.	[Backdata]
* Net	EUR billions	2009	151	107	41,12	n.a.	[Backdata]
Gross external Debt	EUR millions, end-period stock	Q3/10	988.938	1.027.217	-3,73	-3,24	[Backdata and detail]
POPULATION
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations					More Info
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Period and Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Data for Previous Period	% Change from Previous Period	% Change from Same Period Last Year to Latest Period	More Info
Total population	thousands	2010	10.858	10.840	0,17	n.a.	[Backdata]