Belgium: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation

March 7, 2001

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Belgium: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed December 26, 2024

Summary

Real GDP growth is expected to slow to 2.6 percent in 2001, following four consecutive years of strong economic growth. A number of structural labor market measures have also been introduced, including an employment program for youth, reforms to encourage employment among older people, and measures to reduce working time. Executive Directors agreed that the main economic policy challenge now is to improve labor market performance, in particular to raise employment and reduce regional disparities and welcomed the authorities' policy of tax reductions.

Subject: Employment, Expenditure, Labor, Labor markets, Social security contributions, Taxes

Keywords: Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, CR, Demand growth, Employment, Exports of goods, GDP deflator, General government balance, Global, Government, Harmonized consumer price index, Indicators of consumer confidence, ISCR, Labor markets, Social security contributions

Publication Details

Pages:

50
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2001/044
Stock No:

1BELEA0012001
ISBN:

9781451803105
ISSN:

1934-7685

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