Belgium

  • Nov 2, 2010
  • 7 min read

PROSPECTS 2011: Euro-area

A limited recovery is under way, but is inconsistent and subject to strong downside risks, making...

  • Oct 26, 2010
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: G20 boosts IMF global stability role

G20 finance ministers and central bankers agreed on an outline for IMF reform at their October...

International
  • Sep 23, 2010
  • 7 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Renewables must rise to meet 2020 goal

Since summer, two-thirds of EU member states have submitted detailed plans for how they intend to...

  • Sep 13, 2010
  • 14 min read

PROSPECTS 2010 Q4: Europe

Europe's northern economies, especially Germany, are driving growth as euro-area governments...

  • Sep 8, 2010
  • 7 min read

NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM: Gridlock beckons fragile future

Negotiations to form a coalition government failed in Belgium and the Netherlands on September 3....

Netherlands
  • Sep 6, 2010
  • 2 min read

BELGIUM/NETHERLANDS: Coalition talks collapse, again

Both Belgium and the Netherlands failed to assemble coalition governments this weekend.

Belgium
  • Aug 17, 2010
  • 1 min read

EURO-AREA: Annual inflation is highest in 20 months

Annual inflation in the euro-area rose from 1.4% in June to 1.7% in July, Eurostat reported...

  • Aug 11, 2010
  • 2 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Backlash mounts against EU-wide tax

The governments of Germany, France and the United Kingdom came out yesterday against the proposal...