Kingdom of the Netherlands—Netherlands: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 1998/102, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper examines the strengthening of the external current account for the Netherlands. It reviews this issue, concluding that the change in corporate profitability in a new wage environment was a crucial element, alongside fiscal consolidation, in turning around the current account—which has now moved into strong surplus. The paper analyzes the performance of the financial sector. It also reviews the experience of a decade and a half in a de facto monetary union for the Netherlands.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; saving; surplus; saving surplus; bank; saving-investment balance; interest rate; saving-investment perspective; investment funds; Current account; Pension spending; Mortgages; Inflation; Insurance companies; Europe; Global; variability vis-à-vis Germany; export market growth; government saving surplus; exchange rate indicator; Financial sector; Exchange rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 110
Date: 1998-10-13
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