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Euro

Twenty-five years of the euro: How the introduction of the single currency changed the conduct of monetary policy and payment and securities settlement systems in the euro area
02 April 2024
The “test” Belgium had to pass to be admitted to the monetary union with a single currency included conditions…
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Payments

When are you planning to retire?
11 March 2024
Retirement is an important step in life, and there are more and more question marks hanging over the issue for workers.…
Geoffrey Minne
  • Geoffrey Minne
  • Economist
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Public finances

Beware of the snowball!
15 February 2024
Public debt is sensitive to changes in interest rates. Rising rates can, under certain conditions, cause the debt-to-GDP…
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Euro

A truly singular currency turns 25
11 January 2024
“It’s not possible. It’s a bad idea. It won’t last.” Such was the pessimism expressed by many renowned…
Naïm Cordemans
  • Naïm Cordemans
  • Economist
Are interest rates going to drop?
Inflation

Are interest rates going to drop?
16 November 2023
Most observers expect the ECB’s next interest rate move to be a cut and that while such a decision may not be taken…
Bruno De Backer
  • Bruno De Backer
  • Head of Monetary Policy Unit
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Investment

What do bonds and Trivial Pursuit have in common?
09 November 2023
Like the questions in the board game Trivial Pursuit, bonds are increasingly being categorised by theme. In its…
Pieter-Jan Geysen
  • Pieter-Jan Geysen
  • Portfolio manager
Insurance
Financial stability

What does the National Bank of Belgium have to do with insurance?

26 October 2023
Not many people are aware that quite a few insurance experts - actuaries, economists, finance specialists, lawyers and…
François Delfosse
  • François Delfosse
  • Financial analyst
Digital Euro
Euro

Virtual cash in your pocket: soon a reality?

18 October 2023
Imagine being able to pay in cash, but without cash. In other words, to make virtual payments without notes or coins,…
Florian Christiaens
  • Florian Christiaens
  • Digital Euro Analyst
Les femmes au cœur du prix Nobel d’économie !
Gender gap

What are “greedy jobs” and why do women avoid them?

13 October 2023
The Nobel Prize in Economics, a historically male-dominated affair, was this year awarded to the American economist…

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