Because the Dutch economy is an open economy, CPB analyses worldwide economic developments and the effects these developments have on the Dutch economy.
Most attention is given to the effects of globalisation on the Netherlands, to international economic growth and the effects of European policy.
"Effect trade conflict limited, escalation only has losers". This background document provides information on the economic consequences of the current trade dispute between the US and several countries that announced retaliatory packages or filed them already with the WTO.
CPB Background Document | 19 June 2018
40 pages | pdf document, 1.3 MB
CPB Policy Brief 2018/08 | 1 June 2018
pdf document, 3.1 MB
Productivity growth is on the decline, in the OECD countries. In the Netherlands, structural growth is also slowing down. On the basis of this fact, the European Commission proposed that each EU Member State would install a national productivity board (NPB). The Council of the European Union has since adopted this proposal.
CPB Communication | 22 March 2018
6 pages | pdf document, 1 MB
The CPB World Trade Monitor (WTM) is an instrument for bringing together, aggregating, and summarizing worldwide monthly data on international trade and industrial production.
CPB Background Document | 23 February 2018
40 pages | pdf document, 1.5 MB
In this paper we investigate whether the targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO) and the asset purchase program (APP) led to lower interest rates on new corporate credit, and whether the signalling channel and the capital relief channel played any role in the transmission of these ECB policies.
CPB Discussion Paper 372 | 6 February 2018
22 pages | pdf document, 383.8 KB
