Dutch insurance sector faces fundamental choices
In the next few years, insurers in the Netherlands will need to make extra efforts to respond to the sweeping changes to their markets.
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Trust in the Dutch financial sector has held up during the COVID-19 crisis
Over the past year, public trust in financial institutions has not weakened during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. By contrast, trust in other key players in the Dutch economy and society has not emerged unscathed from the crisis.
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Public consultation on digital euro
On 12 October 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a questionnaire on the digital euro on its website, for public consultation. It was completed by a record number of respondents. Find out more.
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Digital euro appeals to half of the Dutch population
About half of the Dutch population would be willing to open a current account for digital euros at the central bank, according to DNB research among a representative group of citizens.
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Pandemic boosted debit card use in 2020: for the first time, consumers made more debit card payments than cash payments in all sectors
Consumers in the Netherlands used debit cards, smartphones or wearables to pay for 79% of their purchases in shops, restaurants and similar establishments in 2020, which is a sharp rise compared to 2019.
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Blog Olaf Sleijpen - Hope springs eternal
We have taken the atypical step of releasing interim projections, between our regular December and June projections. In his economics blog, Olaf Sleijpen explains: “Our economy shows not only adaptability but also resilience.”
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Young people take hardest blows on the labour market
Despite the sharp contraction of the Dutch economy in 2020, the unemployment rate increased only moderately last year. This conceals a number of deviating underlying developments in the labour market. The employment situation of young people in particular has deteriorated as a result of the crisis.
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Cash must remain accessible and available
A new DNB study concludes that cash still plays an essential role in society. The cash infrastructure, however, is under pressure, which could have negative consequences for the accessibility and acceptance of cash as a means of payment. Why is cash important? Find out more.
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Results of the meeting of the National Forum on the Payment System – 27 November 2019
In this number: No follow-up to public campaign on PSD2 banking; Cash developments and Results of NFPS self-assessment
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Measuring the state of the economy using words from newspapers
An indicator that looks at positive and negative words in newspaper articles can be used to considerably improve the accuracy of short-term economic growth estimates. The almost ever-present prediction error in short-term forecasts can be reduced by 10% to 15% with the help of a sentiment indicator.
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World trade recovers faster than expected
Global trade in goods, which was hit hard at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now recovered. The recovery is much faster than during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Global trade in goods has proved resilient and is currently contributing to the global recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
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Recovery in sight after historic contraction in COVID-19 crisis
The Dutch economy was hit hard in the past year, marked by the pandemic, but recovery is in sight. Although the contraction of GDP was the largest on record, at 3.8%, it was still smaller than feared when the pandemic broke out, and also smaller than in many other countries.
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