
Belgium Economic Outlook
May 3, 2022
GDP growth slowed further in Q1 2022, marking the weakest result since the pandemic-induced recession ended in Q4 2020. The slowdown was chiefly driven by a contraction in the industrial sector, while activity in both the services and construction sectors expanded at healthy paces. On the expenditure side, both domestic demand and the external sector likely took hits from the economic fallout of Russia-Ukraine war at the end of Q1. Turning to Q2, growth is likely to grind to a halt as external headwinds intensify. Consumer confidence remained entrenched deep in negative territory in April, after plunging in March, amid soaring commodity prices due to the Russia-Ukraine war. This bodes poorly for household spending in the quarter. That said, business confidence recovered lost ground in April, suggesting that private sector activity remains resilient in the face increasing economic uncertainty.Belgium Economic Growth
Economic growth is expected to moderate in 2022 from last year’s level as the favorable base effect subsides, but it should remain robust. Private consumption growth is expected to remain strong, in line with normalizing activity. That said, pandemic-related uncertainty and the repercussions from the Russia-Ukraine war threaten to derail economic momentum. FocusEconomics analysts see the economy expanding 2.4% in 2022, which is down 0.3 percentage points from last month’s forecast, and 1.9% in 2023.Belgium Economy Data
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Belgium Facts
Value | Change | Date | |
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Bond Yield | 0.10 | 0.15 % | Dec 31 |
Exchange Rate | 1.12 | 0.65 % | Dec 31 |
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Belgium Economic News
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Belgium: Industrial output falls at sharpest rate since December 2020 in March
May 10, 2022
Industrial production declined 3.7% year-on-year in calendar-adjusted terms in March (February: +7.3% c.a.
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Belgium: GDP growth records slowest increase since Q4 2020 in Q1
April 29, 2022
According to a preliminary reading, GDP growth ebbed to 0.3% on a seasonally-adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis in the first quarter, from 0.4% in the fourth quarter of last year.
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Belgium: Consumer sentiment improves in April
April 21, 2022
Consumer confidence came in at minus 14.0 in April, up from March's minus 16.0.
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Belgium: Industrial output growth improves in February
April 11, 2022
Industrial output grew 7.8% year-on-year in calendar-adjusted terms in February, which was above January's 6.7% increase.
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Belgium: Consumer confidence collapses in March amid war in Ukraine
March 22, 2022
The consumer confidence indicator produced by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) came in at minus 16.0 in February, tumbling from February’s plus 2.0 result and registered the steepest drop since current records began.