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Last Data
 2012 2011
Growth GDP (%) Belgium
2013-I
 -0.5 -0.3 1.9
  Euro area
2013-I
 -1.0e -0.6 1.4
Inflation (%) Belgium
2013-04
 1.1 2.6 3.4
  Euro area
2013-04
 1.2 2.5 2.7
Unemployment rate (%) Belgium
2013-03
 8.2 7.6 7.2
  Euro area
2013-03
 12.1 11.4 10.2
Exchange rate euro - US dollar
2013-05-23
 1.2888 1.2848 1.3920
Rate ECB interest rate
2013-05-23
 0.50 0.88 1.25
  Euribor 3 months
2013-05-23
 0.199 0.574 1.393
  Long-term interest rate
2013-05-23
 2.05 3.00 4.23
Last update 2013-05-23 17:00:12

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2013-10-30 2013-III NBB Bank lending survey
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2013-11-14 2013-10 NBB Analytical accounts of the Central Bank
2013-11-14 2013-07 FPS ECO Building permits
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2013-11-18 2013-08 NAI Foreign Trade statistic - Monthly Bulletin (F-N) (pdf)
2013-11-19 2013-10 NBB Statistical bulletin - Monthly update (pdf)
2013-11-20 2013-11 NBB Consumer survey
2013-11-20 2013-11 NBB Press release - Consumer survey (pdf)
2013-11-22 2013-11 NBB Business surveys
2013-11-22 2013-11 NBB Press release - Business surveys (pdf)
2013-11-22 2013-10 NBB Official reserve assets
2013-11-25 2013-III NBB Corporate credit observatory (quarterly)
2013-11-26 2013-09 FPS ECO Industrial production
2013-11-26 2013-10 FPS ECO Producer prices
2013-11-28 2013-11 FPS ECO National consumer prices
2013-11-28 2013-10 NBB Belgian contribution to the monetary aggregates
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2013-12-03 2013-10 NBB MFI interest rates (MIR)
2013-12-04 2013-10 NBB Credit institutions - Data on territorial and corporate basis
2013-12-06 2013-III NAI Quarterly aggregates
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2013-12-06 2013-11 NEO Unemployment
2013-12-11 2013-11 NBB Analytical accounts of the Central Bank
2013-12-11 2013-10 NBB Corporate Credit Observatory (monthly)
2013-12-13 2010 NAI Satellite account of the non profit institutions
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2013-12-13 2013-08 FPS ECO Building permits
2013-12-16 2013-09 NAI Belgian foreign trade
2013-12-16 2013-09 NAI Press release - Foreign Trade (F-N) (pdf)
2013-12-16 2013-09 NAI Foreign Trade statistic - Monthly Bulletin (F-N) (pdf)
2013-12-16 2013-II NAI Foreign Trade statistic - Quarterly Bulletin (F-N) (pdf)
2013-12-16 2013-11 NBB Statistical bulletin - Monthly update (pdf)
2013-12-18 2013-II NBB Press release - Bi-annual investment survey (pdf)
2013-12-18 2013-12 NBB Consumer survey
2013-12-19 2013-II NBB Bi-annual investment survey
2013-12-19 2013-12 NBB Press release - Consumer survey (pdf)
2013-12-20 2012 NAI Regional accounts
2013-12-20 2010 NAI Supply and use tables
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2013-12-20 2013-12 NBB Business surveys
2013-12-23 2013-12 FPS ECO National consumer prices
2013-12-23 2013-12 NBB Press release - Business surveys (pdf)
2013-12-23 2013-III FPS ECO Wages
2013-12-23 2013-11 NBB Official reserve assets
2013-12-23 2013-10 FPS ECO Industrial production
2013-12-23 2013-11 FPS ECO Producer prices
2013-12-31 2011 NAI Capital stock
2013-12-31 2013-III NBB Public finance - financial accounts
2013-12-31 2013-11 NBB Public finance - Treasury
2013-12-31 2013-III NBB Balance of payments
2013-12-31 2013-III NBB Gross external debt
2013-12-31 2013-III NBB Foreign direct investment statistics
2013-12-31 2013-11 NBB Analytical accounts of the Banking Sector
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2014-01-08 2013-11 NBB Credit institutions - Data on territorial and corporate basis
2014-02-03 2013-12 NBB Credit institutions - Data on territorial and corporate basis
2014-03-28 2013-IV NBB Balance of payments
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2014-03-31 2013-IV NBB Public finance - financial accounts

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