A Policy Revolution and a Regime Change
The macroeconomic policy revolution accelerated by Covid-19 implies that central bank policy…
RBF digital
Below is a list of articles from the Banking and Finance magazine.
Were financial markets (in)sane in 2020?
Relative to other global institutions, financial markets performed remarkably well in 2020…
Limits of the Market
The market system is subject to limits that have to do with…
A Long-Term Perspective on Investing
Despite the pandemic, the long-term paths of slow growth and low inflation…
Why has COVID-19 hit different European Union economies so differently?
This article explores why some countries have been hit economically more than…
The world economy under COVID-19: can emerging market economies keep the engine running?
COVID-19 has led to profound turmoil and severe disruptions in our lives…
Public Finances: Will Belgium Have Fiscal Maneuvering Room to Overcome Future Challenges?
Since the nineteen seventies, our country has built up a bad reputation…
Weathering the COVID 19 storm: liquidity and solvency of Belgian firms
COVID-19 puts firms under severe strain in countries where the pandemic continues…
The slow recovery of Belgian firms stalled and the second lockdown of November 2020 makes the prospects even more bleak
Seven months after it was launched, the ERMG survey continues to take…
Lessons from the Swedish anti-corona strategy
Contrary to most other (European) countries, Sweden mainly relied on voluntary measures…
The EU Recovery Plan: bouncing back better together towards a green, digital and resilient Europe. What are the opportunities for Belgium?
This article highlights what the European Semester, the annual coordination cycle of…
Banks and Digitalization: Of Customers, Data, Transformation – and Payments
We are told that digitalization changes everything. The great disruption comes and…