More people are struggling to pay for their health insurance. “The first signs of problematic debts caused by inflation are now becoming visible,” ABN Amro economist Piet Rietman said to the newspaper. Economists consider payment arrears with health insurers as the writing on the wall because the health insurance bill is often the first that goes unpaid. Health insurance is …
Experts at ABN AMRO predict that bankruptcies will escalate this year and the next due to soaring energy prices and the phasing out of government aid, according to a report by the bank. ABN AMRO expects a withdrawal in wage-support measures to increase bankruptcies, driving more people into the labor market. The catering industry was especially hard hit judging by …
The current lockdown means that the catering industry is losing 200 million euros in turnover every week, economists at ABN Amro have calculated. The leisure sector, which includes both the hospitality industry and travel organizations, will also not return to the level of 2019 next year, due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The transport and logistics sector also …
It will take the Dutch economy until 2022 to fully recover to pre-coronavirus crisis levels, according to ABN Amro economists. In the third quarter - the current quarter - the economy will grow strongly compared to the second quarter, after the low point was reached in April and May due to the lockdown closing multiple sectors. That will only be …