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020 |a 9781484380062 
245 0 0 |a Belgium  |b 2013 Article IV Consultation 
260 |a Washington, D.C.  |b International Monetary Fund  |c 2013 
300 |a 53 pages 
651 4 |a Belgium 
653 |a Fiscal stance 
653 |a Public debt 
653 |a Banks 
653 |a Finance 
653 |a Labour; income economics 
653 |a Employment; Economic theory 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a Banks and banking 
653 |a Industries: Financial Services 
653 |a Debts, Public 
653 |a Fiscal Policy 
653 |a Mortgages 
653 |a National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General 
653 |a Labor 
653 |a Criminology 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Banking 
653 |a Corporate crime; white-collar crime 
653 |a Depository Institutions 
653 |a Financial institutions 
653 |a General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation 
653 |a Debt Management 
653 |a Micro Finance Institutions 
653 |a Computer Programs: Other 
653 |a Debt 
653 |a Fiscal consolidation 
653 |a Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology 
653 |a Fiscal policy 
653 |a Sovereign Debt 
653 |a Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law 
653 |a Expenditure 
653 |a Loans 
653 |a Banks and Banking 
653 |a Expenditures, Public 
653 |a Financial services industry 
653 |a Public Finance 
653 |a Finance: General 
710 2 |a International Monetary Fund  |b European Dept 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b IMF  |a International Monetary Fund 
490 0 |a IMF Staff Country Reports 
028 5 0 |a 10.5089/9781484380062.002 
856 4 0 |u https://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2013/123/002.2013.issue-123-en.xml?cid=40546-com-dsp-marc  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a The Belgian economy showed considerable progress through 2011 in terms of both growth and employment. However, the 2013 Article IV Consultation underlines that the European recession has had a negative impact on its economy, giving rise to unemployment. The economy has entered its second year of near zero growth. To help restore competitiveness and improve financial market conditions, decisive actions have been taken. Important decisions in 2012 include pension schemes and unemployment benefit systems with the objective of raising the employment rate to 73 percent by 2020