A possible interest rate increase by the ECB in March
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – February 3, 2022
- The RIVM reports 82,961 new positive corona tests on Thursday. An average of 79,530 positive tests per day were recorded over the past seven days, an increase of 35 percent compared to the previous week.
- The European Central Bank may consider in March whether interest rates should be increased. The ECB would consider this to curb rising inflation in the eurozone, writes NU.nl.
- In 2020, companies, institutions and higher education will spend approximately 18.4 billion euros on research and development (R&D). That is half a billion more than in 2019, reports CBS.
- The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) believes that the cyber attacks on oil terminals in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium are the work of criminals. It would not be a coordinated attack, writes De Telegraaf.
- ING has filled the straw fund with 346 million euros. The bank does this because it fears that more people will no longer be able to pay off their mortgages. This is mainly due to high inflation can be read at NOS.
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