The Dutch economy is gathering steam. The economic boom is the result of a favourable international economy, low interest rates, expansive budgetary policy and a persistently strong housing market. These last two factors distinguish the Netherlands from other countries. Positive domestic dynamics between increasing employment, higher disposable income levels, higher consumption and more investments will lead to a 3.2% economic growth in 2018 and 2.7% in 2019. Over the 2017–2019 period, the Dutch economy is projected to outperform that of the eurozone by 0.6 percentage points, in each of those years. 

CPB Policy Brief 2018/06 | 6 March 2018

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The question is no longer if, but when and how unconventional monetary policy will be phased out. The undoing of the unconventional policies will affect European economies, just as their build up stimulated the euro area economy.

CPB Policy Brief 2017/07 | 8 June 2017

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In the Netherlands, major tax reform proposals sometimes are adopted and converted into policy, but often they are not. This CPB Policy Brief focuses on why this is so.

CPB Policy Brief 2016/08 | 30 June 2016

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By 2030, the costs for the Netherlands could run up to 1.2% of GDP, or 10 billion euros.

CPB Policy Brief 2016/07 | 9 June 2016

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Long-term unemployment will decline as the economy recovers, but this will not solve the problem of older long-term unemployed.

CPB Policy Brief 2015/11 | 11 June 2015

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Three lessons may be drawn from seven years of financial crisis.

CPB Policy Brief 2015/09 | 5 June 2015

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The Netherlands has experienced a persistent and relatively large current account surplus since the 1970s. In recent years the surplus has increased, reaching a historically high level of 8.5% of GDP in 2013.

CPB Policy Brief 2015/05 | 1 May 2015

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The structural budget balance, which corrects the nominal government budget balance for one-offs and business cycle effects, is used to assess underlying fiscal policy effort.

CPB Policy Brief 2014/07 | 21 October 2014

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Businesses and the government are all collecting more and more personal data, and they use these data ever more intensively. This is mostly to the benefit of citizens, but not in all cases.

CPB Policy Brief 2014-04 | 12 June 2014

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English version.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/09 | 17 December 2013

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This CPB Policy Brief develops a simple dynamic framework for assessing the sustainability of public finances over a medium-term horizon.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/08 | 8 October 2013

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English version.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/07 | 30 August 2013

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/06 | 13 June 2013

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/05 | 5 June 2013

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation of this page.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/04 | 29 May 2013

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This study offers a framework for thinking on the future health care system. This is an extensive English summary of the recently published Dutch study ‘Toekomst voor de zorg’.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/03 | 2 May 2013

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/02 | 22 February 2013

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation.

CPB Policy Brief 2013/01 | 7 January 2013

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation.

CPB Policy Brief 2012/07 | 19 December 2012

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation.

CPB Policy Brief 2012/06 | 10 December 2012

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After decades of negotiations, a single patent for the European Union (EU) is at last within reach.

CPB Policy Brief 2012/05 | 16 November 2012

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In most EU member states, the business services industry has booked no productivity growth during the last two decades.

CPB Policy Brief 2012/04 | 24 September 2012

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation.

CPB Policy Brief 2012/03 | 24 September 2012

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This document is in Dutch, there is no English translation.

CPB Policy Brief 2012/02 | 8 August 2012

22 pages | pdf document, 1.5 MB

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