Brief economic news of February 15, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – February 15, 2021
- The RIVM reported 2875 new confirmed corona infections on Monday. That is 584 fewer than on Sunday. On average, the number of infections is decreasing. Hospital occupancy increased slightly.
- Out Eurostat figures shows that the recovery of European industry after the blows caused by the corona crisis did not continue at the end of 2020. In December, industrial production fell by 1.6 percent compared to November 2020.
- More than half of Japanese companies believe this year's Tokyo Olympics should be postponed or canceled, reports Reuters based on Japanese research. The games are currently scheduled to start on July 23.
- The chip shortage is now also killing companies in Belgium. No cars will be built this week at the Audi Brussels factory, writes De Tijd. Audi builds the electric e-tron in Brussels. According to a article from NOS Almost all car companies are experiencing shortages of computer chips, a result of the corona crisis.
- Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates says in a interview with the BBC that solving the corona crisis is many times easier than preventing further global warming. In the energy transition, governments play the key role, Gates argues.
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