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Payments

What if you received money as quickly as e-mail?
11 May 2023
Communication processes have been evolving since the dawn of time and the use of smoke signals. Today, digital…
Vincent Lanthier
  • Vincent Lanthier
  • Payments & Securities Adviser
1001 plateaux
Art

1001 Plateaux: Participatory artwork connects NBB employees

03 May 2023
Covid-19 and teleworking have put to the test the traditionally close relationship of NBB personnel with their working…
inflation
Inflation

The perils of tracking year-on-year inflation
21 April 2023
Data released on Wednesday 19 April confirm that year-on-year inflation in the euro area dropped from 8.5% in February…
Joris Wauters
  • Joris Wauters
  • Economist
Pierre Wunsch
Inflation

Two sides of the same coin: money supply, budget deficits and inflation
19 April 2023
The current stubbornly high inflation has surprised many, including central bankers. This blog post takes a closer look…
Gouverneur Pierre Wunsch
  • Pierre Wunsch
  • Governor
Het betaalgedrag van de Belgen in kaart
Payments

Mapping the payment behaviour of Belgians
14 April 2023
The payment statistics collected by the NBB harbour a wealth of information which, as a central bank, allows it to map…
Stijn Ferrari
  • Stijn Ferrari
  • Economist-statistician, Financial Statistics division
International Women's Day
Gender gap

Mandatory shared parental leave as a means of reducing gender inequality
08 March 2023
It’s not easy to reconcile family life with professional commitments. Parental leave can be a solution, but there’s…
Maud Nautet NBB
  • Maud Nautet
  • Economist
press conference
Communication

The Bank's annual pièce de résistance
03 March 2023
Today, 3 March, the National Bank published its annual report, which has long been the institution's most important…
Geert Sciot
  • Geert Sciot
  • Head of Communication
Flood
Climate

Climate change doesn’t leave the financial sector cold
27 January 2023
The ECB has published new climate-related indicators for the financial sector, in cooperation with the national central…
Croatia in the euro zone
Euro

What will change when Croatia joins the euro area?

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…

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