De Nationale Bank is wettelijk verplicht om elk kwartaal het niveau van de contracyclische kapitaalbuffer (CCyB) te herzien. Dit is een tijdelijke extra kapitaalreserve die de veerkracht van banken ...

Circulaires et communications NBB_2025_07 Date de publication 10 juin 2025 - 18:22 Domaine de responsabilité Résolution Sanctions Contrôle des établissements financiers Secteur Établissements de ...

One of the National Bank’s core tasks is to ensure that the Belgian financial system can weather challenges without putting in jeopardy its main economic functions. You can read about how stable the ...

Le 17 avril 2025, le Conseil des gouverneurs a approuvé l’évaluation fournie dans le rapport 2024 sur la qualité des données statistiques sur les comptes financiers trimestriels nationaux et de la ...

"The way the relationship between the U.S. and Europe is evolving, yes, I'm a bit frustrated." Governor Pierre Wunsch on geopolitical tensions. Source: CNN Quest Means Business ...

As expected, the Belgian economy grew at a relatively steady pace of around 0.3% per quarter this year. Annual growth is thus on course to reach 1% in 2024. According to the NBB’s latest autumn ...

More robust data on wealth have recently become available, allowing a more thorough analysis of economic inequality. Is wealth inequality higher or lower in Belgium than in other European countries?

A new European fiscal framework entered into force in 2024. It replaces the old fiscal rules, deemed too complex and insufficiently respected. What are the key features of this new framework? Does it ...

The new European fiscal framework tightens up Belgium’s fiscal policy targets. This is urgently required. Indeed, according to the Federal Planning Bureau (FPB), were fiscal policy to remain unchanged ...

Central banks in the Eurosystem and around the world recently shifted from earning profits to recording sizeable losses. This is a consequence of the dramatic changes in their balance sheets brought ...

De EU wil de risico’s in haar handel met China afbouwen De opkomst van China als grootmacht in de verwerkende industrie kwam in de eerste plaats tot uiting in de snelgroeiende handel tussen de EU en ...

De Nationale Bank van België (NBB) heeft plannen aangekondigd om haar hoofdkantoor tegen 2030 te renoveren, met als doel een moderne en duurzame werkruimte te creëren die al het personeel samenbrengt ...