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The Netherlands
This country page is a centralised resource for the analytical work on the economy of the Netherlands performed by DG ECFIN. It provides links to the most important pages and documents, such as the European Commission's regular economic forecasts and the country’s compliance with the Stability and Growth Pact.
Last update: 01/07/2011
1. Economic forecasts for The Netherlands
The Commission publishes macroeconomic forecasts for the EU and the Member States twice a year, in the spring (May) and in the autumn (November). These forecasts are produced by the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN).
DG ECFIN also produces more limited "interim forecasts" in February and September, wich contain one-year projections of GDP growth and consumer price inflation for the euro area, the EU and seven large Member States.
>> Macroeconomic forecasts and interim forecasts
2. Monitoring the budgetary situation in The Netherlands
2.1. Assessments of The Netherlands's stability programme
As required by the Stability and Growth Pact, at the end of each year The Netherlands submits an update of the medium-term fiscal strategy it first presented in 1998. Euro area Member States submit stability programmes while countries outside the euro area submit convergence programmes. Based on an assessment by the Commission prepared by DG ECFIN, the Council adopts an opinion on each programme.
>> All programmes of The Netherlands, Commission assessments, Council opinions, working documents
2.2. The EU the excessive deficit procedure and The Netherlands
>> Excessive deficit procedure for The Netherlands
>> Related articles. Stability and Growth Pact
2.3. The Public finance report and The Netherlands
The Commission's annual public finance report prepared by DG ECFIN – entitled "Public Finances in EMU" – includes a chapter on The Netherlands.
3. The Netherlands and the euro
The Netherlands is a member of the euro area. It adopted the euro from the start in 1999.
>> The euro area
>> The Netherlands and the euro
4. The Netherlands and economic policy coordination in the EU
As part of the Europe 2020 strategy for a smart, sustainable and inclusive EU economy, The Netherlands reports each autumn on the implementation of its national reform programme (NRP).
>> National reform programme and Commission assessment
5. ECFIN publications and The Netherlands
5.1. The EU and The Netherlands
>> EMU@10 website on Germany
>> EU Economy Review 2006 (European Economy 1/2006)
5.2. Country Focus on The Netherlands
>> Smooth versus bumpy: differences in growth dynamics in Belgium and the Netherlands (September 2006)
>> The Netherlands: from riches to rags? (July 2004)
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