Brief economic news of November 11, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – November 11, 2021
- The RIVM reports 16,364 new positive corona tests on Thursday, 3688 more than on Wednesday. This is the highest number since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
- In her autumn forecast the European Commission thinks that the Dutch economy will grow by 4 percent this year. That is higher than the previous estimate of 3.3 percent. However, the growth is lower than the EU average of 5 percent recovery.
- Businesses in the US fear staff shortages and rising costs as a result of the 'vaccine mandate' imposed on many companies by the Biden administration. Unions representing pilots, shop workers and truck drivers are also warning of the consequences, according to the AD to read.
- In 2020, municipalities provided 501 thousand people with a Tozo benefit. This scheme was intended as financial support during the corona crisis. The Temporary bridging scheme for self-employed entrepreneurs was therefore used by 3.5 percent of the 18-year-olds and older in the Netherlands, reports CBS.
- The requirements that pension funds must meet will be relaxed in 2022. This means that millions of pensions can be indexed retroactively from 1 January, writes De Volkskrant.
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