The early days of the euro were smooth sailing, until the global economic and financial crisis of 2008-09 cruelly revealed design flaws in the European EMU. Find out why in the latest article on our blog, penned by Naïm Cordemans.

As a result of a relatively better rate of growth in exports, the trade surplus rose sharply to €15.8 billion for the first seven months of 2024 as a whole, equating to the largest surplus for three years.

The Governing Council has decided to lower the deposit facility rate – the rate through which it steers the monetary policy stance – by 25 basis points. 

The National Bank expects the Belgian economy to see stable quarterly growth of 0.2% in the third quarter of 2024. Read more on this in the latest Business Cycle Monitor (BCM).

The National Bank of Belgium will host the next General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), from 24 to 28 August 2026 in Brussels. The announcement was made at the most recent edition of the biennial conference, held this year in London.