Brief economic corona news from October 30
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – October 30, 2020
- On Friday, RIM reported 11,141 new confirmed corona infections. That is 865 more than on Thursday. However, according to the RIVM, there has been a stabilization, because the figures are partly distorted by later available results and a growing number of tests. The number of hospital admissions and admissions to the ICU has decreased.
- At KLM, which made a loss of more than 1.6 billion euros in the third quarter, there has been concern about a possible rejection of the cutback plans submitted to the cabinet. reports De Telegraaf. According to the government, the cuts at KLM do not go far enough to receive the second part of the state aid.
- More than 166,00 entrepreneurs have received more than 28 billion in loans and deferrals of repayments from Dutch banks since the start of the corona crisis. The Dutch Banking Association has this announced. This amount is expected to increase further due to the partial second lockdown.
- Chairman Jacco Vonhof of MKB-Nederland says in one interview with NRC that the government must provide additional support for companies in sectors that have been hit hardest by the corona measures. “Catering entrepreneurs still have to pay a lot of fixed costs out of their own pocket, while they have little or no turnover. And then they're just not going to make it. This also applies, for example, to the events, culture and travel industry,” says Vonhof.
- The selling prices of Dutch industry were approximately 5.3 percent lower in September than in September last year. That reports CBS. Compared to August, industrial output prices fell by 0.6 percent in September.
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