News overview

The Fed meets for the second day in a row to discuss interest rates. At the end of the day, it will be decided whether the interest rate can be raised again.

A group of students of Erasmus School of Economics have been involved in a business case with KLM.

Wouter Koolmees, minister of Social Affairs and Employment, is presented a report concerning pensions by professor Onno Steenbeek.

Rogier Quaedvlieg and Matthijs Korevaar are presented a prize by Louise Gunning-Schepers.

In an article from De Volkskrant, Thomas Peeters discusses the economic impact for cities in which games of the UEFA European Championship are played.

On the eve on Johan Witteveen's 100th birthday, the Witteveen lecture 2021 took place.

In a broadcast from BNR Nieuwsradio, Casper de Vries talks about the reigning optimism at the Dutch central bank and the OECD concerning the economy.

As the vaccination rate rises and inflation expectations increase, the moment is approaching when the ECB will have to make a decision.

According to Bas Jacobs, a tighter fiscal policy after the corona crisis is not the right approach and overspending is necessary to get inflation stable again.

On 19 May, study association In Duplo held its yearly In Discussio congress, named ‘Europe from a distance: Outplayed as a world player?’.