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Covid-19: A virus that creates an economic shock

30/03/2020
Hans Bevers
Chief Economist
coronavirus, economy, economic crisis, covid19, corona crisis
Just two months ago, the world economy seemed well on the way to a nice recovery. Trade and political tensions were easing, growth projections were revised upward and financial markets were cheery. Now all bets are off.
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Economy

Economic recession or depression? What’s in a name?

20/04/2020
Hans Bevers
Chief Economist
Economy in Motion
The ultimate effects of this pandemic are extremely uncertain. Economists confidently predicting the economic and social fallout are mainly making astrology look good. That said, all observers acknowledge that the initial impact is absolutely brutal and unprecedented.
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Management

[VIDEO] Peter De Coensel on fixed income investments: "Diversify & think globally"

16/12/2016
Peter De Coensel
CIO Fixed Income DPAM
Peter De Coensel, CIO Fixed Income of Degroof Petercam Asset Management, draws on 25 years of experience in bond markets and highlights his main convictions in this asset class.
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Sustainability

[VIDEO] Key messages from the SRI Study 2016 by Eurosif

29/11/2016
Ophélie Mortier
Responsible Investment Strategist
The Eurosif, the Forum for the Responsible Investment at European level, has launched its yearly survey of the new trends on socially responsible investment market in Europe. Ophélie Mortier, our Responsible Investment Strategist, explains why ESG integration is becoming mainstream: ESG factors are economic factors.
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Economy

Race against the machine 4.0

10/10/2016
Hans Bevers
Chief Economist
Technological progress usually goes hand in hand with a fear that jobs will disappear. However, as yet there is no irrefutable evidence that technological progress has reduced the overall number of jobs, at least not from a long-term perspective. Will things be different this time around?
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Economy

From lender to spender of last resort?

12/08/2016
Hans Bevers
Chief Economist
Nearly eight years after the start of the Global Financial Crisis, global economic activity remains subdued and inflation mostly surprises on the downside. In general, despite record low policy rates and unseen expansion of the monetary base, central banks continue to struggle to meet their inflation targets.
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Sustainability

Earth Overshoot Day - ever earlier

11/08/2016
Ophélie Mortier
Responsible Investment Strategist
Since last Monday, 8 August 2016, we have been consuming more natural resources than our planet is able to generate. Specifically, Earth Overshoot Day is the day on which we have consumed all the natural resources produced by our planet during one given year.
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Economy

Monthly economic outlook

08/08/2016
Hans Bevers
Chief Economist
The wider Brexit fallout remains limited, at least so far. While overall confidence has picked up slightly, our global composite sentiment indicator suggests that global economic activity is still weak. Encouragingly, there is a growing awareness about the need for more expansive budgetary policies.
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Sustainability

Corporate taxes: when transparency is a must

30/03/2016
Ophélie Mortier
Responsible Investment Strategist
As we had already mentioned in our article on the four ESG themes that will dominate in 2016,companies are being confronted with an increased demand for transparency regarding their fiscal policy. This request, which stems from both civil society and regulators, is due to a couple of high-profile affairs.
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Economy

More thoughts on the state of the world economy

04/02/2016
Hans Bevers
Chief Economist
Financial markets are seeing lots of volatility and uncertainty has spread widely. Investors are fretting about several factors including China’s slowdown and its impact on emerging markets, US economic slowdown, the non-linear fall in oil prices, geopolitical risks and the European refugee crisis,...
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