Brief economic news of September 15, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – September 15, 2021
- The RIVM reports 2402 new positive corona tests on Wednesday, 383 more than Tuesday. On average, the number of positive tests is decreasing.
- Despite the corona crisis, most households had more to spend in 2020 than the year before, says CBSPurchasing power rose by an average of 2.2 percent, the highest increase since 2016.
- Greenhouse gas emissions increased by 11 percent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter in 2020. Industry produced more and a lot of gas was burned by households and agriculture, reports CBS.
- Tata Steel IJmuiden wants to switch its steel production from coal to gas and later green hydrogen, writes De Telegraaf. With this, the steel company wants to significantly reduce the emission of CO2 and harmful substances in the environment. It will probably take until 2030 before the former Hoogovens have made the transition.
- Commission President von der Leyen said during her State of the Union address that the EU must be 'strategically autonomous and technologically sovereign', writes the FD. That is why the European Union must take chip production into its own hands again, because the EU is now too dependent on Asia. Other areas of attention are medicines and corona vaccines.
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