Although inflation is currently very high, there is a good chance that it will stabilize at around 2 percent in the medium term. There is also room for wage increases without directly running the risk of a wage-price spiral, according to the Central Planning Office in an analysis of inflation development. If prices stop rising this year, the average inflation …
Since the financial crisis of 2008, the labor participation of young men has decreased more and more. Men under the age of 25 started studying longer, and men 25 to 44 faced various setbacks in the aftermath of the financial crisis, central planning office CPB said. "Some were forced to work in another sector, but there are also young men …
The coronavirus crisis will cause long lasting damage to the Dutch economy, even if the virus is completely under control soon, according to central planning office CPB. The labor supply and investments will only recover in the long term - ten years or more, the CPB expects. "That does mean that we missed out on two years of economic growth," …
