Belgium: 2017 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; Supplementary Information
IMF Staff Country Reports, March 17, 2017
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- Published: March 17, 2017
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475587630.002
Recovery and Outlook
- Real GDP projected at 1.6 percent in 2017.
- Medium-term outlook constrained by structurally weak growth in advanced economies.
- Downside risks are significant, including global and regional uncertainties that could affect trade and financial markets.
Risks and Fiscal Sustainability
- Fiscal sustainability described as tenuous and sensitive to potential shocks.
Labor Market and Social Challenges
- Private employment has been recovering.
- Entrenched high unemployment and inactivity persist among certain groups:
- the young
- those with few skills
- immigrants from outside the European Union
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