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This paper attempts to better understand the monetary policy decisions under the Belgian two-tier foreign exchange market during the Bretton-Woods system. Whereas this type of market organisation aimed at insulating the domestic currency from (speculative) capital flows, it is questioned whether...
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Economic theory considers economic growth and wage costs as crucial determinants in the process of job creation. In this paper, we try to quantify the relationship that exists between these variables in Belgium. Our objective being mainly the use of the empirical model for forecasting purposes,...
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D’après les indicateurs conjoncturels récents, l’état actuel de l’économie belge demeure bien orienté. Les perspectives économiques pour les 18 prochains mois sont positives, avec une croissance que nous prévoyons à 2,8 % en 2007 et 2,5 % en 2008.
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Dans ce numéro de Regards économiques, nous examinons l’impact sur la consommation des ménages de la réforme fiscale introduite en Belgique à partir de 2002. Nos résultats indiquent un impact positif mais limité dans le temps.
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La croissance économique et le coût salarial sont considérés par la théorie économique comme des déterminants importants de la création d’emplois. Dans ce numéro de Regards économiques, nous essayons de quantifier le lien qui existe en Belgique entre ces trois variables.
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Depuis près d’un an maintenant, l’économie belge est secouée par des vents contraires. Malgré cela, elle a fait preuve jusqu’à présent d’une assez bonne résilience eu égard aux chocs encaissés. Ceci fut encore confirmé au premier trimestre de 2008. Gare cependant aux excès...
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Interest rate derivatives on major currencies, with notional outstanding amounts adding up to hundreds of trillions, are mostly indexed on Libor and Euribor benchmarks, as are hundreds of billions in loans to enterprises, mortgages and other retail loans to the real economy. Yet, the prevailing...
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This paper deals with the evolution of the realized volatility of the overnight interest rates in the Euro area money market using intraday data. It analyses in particular the pattern of the volatility of the overnight interest rate before and after the introduction of the structural changes to...
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With the current sovereign debt crisis, the incompleteness of economic integration in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) has become patent, leading to an intense debate among academics and policy makers. Much of the debate concerns fiscal rules and austerity measures, both of which weigh on...
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The absorption of asymmetric economic shocks is particularly essential when countries share the same currency while fiscal policy is decentralized at the national level. In this respect, the specific case of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) deserves particular attention since the onset of...
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