Brief economic corona news from October 20
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – October 20, 2020
- On Tuesday, 8,192 corona infections were reported by the RIVM, a new daily record and 171 more than the day before.
- In the Rotterdam region, two vocational schools have promised that all students will be given an internship. Together with the municipality of Rotterdam, employers' organization VNO-NCW, MKB Rotterdam-Rijnmond and the Cooperation Organization for Vocational Education and Business, vocational schools Albeda and Zadkine have drawn up an action plan for this, reports the AD.
- Business travel group BCD Travel is cutting 3,000 of its 14,000 jobs worldwide, it has said. to be read in the FDIt is still unclear how many jobs will be lost in the Netherlands.
- The support measures taken by countries in the Eurozone to curb the corona crisis have resulted in a combined budget deficit of 976 billion euros. That the Financial Times reportsThe budget deficit for next year is estimated at around 700 billion euros.
- Most European countries were hit harder by the first wave of corona than the Netherlands, says CBSThe Dutch economy shrank by 8.5 percent in the second quarter of this year, compared to a contraction of 9.7 percent in Germany and 12.1 percent in Belgium.
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