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Climate

27 January 2023

The ECB has published new climate-related indicators for the financial sector, in cooperation with the national central…

Euro

28 December 2022

On 1 January 2023, Croatia will join the euro area and the Schengen Area, almost ten years after becoming a member of…

Business intelligence

01 December 2022

The NBB keeps its ear to the ground in the business world. Like a veritable James Bond, we collect “business…

Energy

18 November 2022

There’s a bit of good news for Belgian consumers: the federal energy regulator, CREG, issued a noteworthy draft…

10 November 2022

The government has taken measures to cushion the impact of high energy bills for households, such as a VAT reduction and…

Lending

13 October 2022

The idea of borrowing from the National Bank probably never crossed your mind because individual citizens cannot apply…

Forecasting

30 September 2022

For almost twenty-five years now, the National Bank of Belgium has been holding meetings every quarter with the Belgian…

Payments

14 September 2022

It seems that cowboy boots are a must-have item this autumn! If you put a pair in your Zalando shopping basket, you will…

Monetary policy

31 August 2022

Interest rates have fallen significantly since the early ‘80s. Over the same period, income inequality has grown. In a…

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