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Economic Outlook 2012-2017 : a scenario of moderate recovery for Belgium against the background of the European crisis  [14/05/2012]

The Federal Planning Bureau presents its latest medium-term outlook (2012-2017) on 14 May 2012. The Economic Outlook 2012-2017 for Belgium is set against the background of budgetary consolidation and weak economic growth in Europe.

Consumer Price Index & Inflation forecasts [02/05/2012]

Monthly evolution of the consumer price index and of the so-called health index, which is used for the price indexation of wages, social benefits and house-rent.

Website on sustainable development indicators [19/04/2012]

www.indicators.be presents a set of indicators on the progress of Belgian society towards a sustainable development. The set contains 78 indicators that provide information on various social, environmental and economic issues. The set of indicators results from more than a decade of federal reporting on sustainable development. The site was developed by the Task Force on Sustainable Development of the Federal Planning Bureau, with funding from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union. The information of the site is available in French and Dutch.

Short Term Update 01-12 : Special Topic - Decomposition analysis of changes in CO2 emissions by the Belgian industries [30/03/2012]

Short Term Update (STU) is the quarterly newsletter of the Belgian Federal Planning Bureau. It contains, in English, the main conclusions from the publications of the FPB, as well as information on new publications,  together with an analysis of the most recent economic indicators.

The methodology developed by the Federal Planning Bureau to produce long-term scenarios [07/03/2012]

Since 1987, the Federal Planning Bureau has been providing long-term projections focused on the evolution of social expenditure within an overall framework of public finance. This outlook is based on different scenarios. This publication describes the methodology to construct the socio-economic and macroeconomic scenarios and illustrates it by presenting the main results from the 2011 projection made for the Annual Report of the Study Group on Ageing. The methodology proceeds as follows. The population projection is first split into four socio-economic categories: the school population, the potential labour, the disabled persons and the others. The macroeconomic scenario subsequently determines the evolution of employment and productivity. Finally, the second phase of the socio-economic projection disaggregates employment and unemployment further and estimates the number of pensioners.