Brief economic news of December 29, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – December 29, 2021
- The RIVM reported 15,804 new positive corona tests on Wednesday, 6,622 more than on Tuesday. The increase is largely due to a disruption.
- Outgoing Minister Hugo de Jonge (Public Health, CDA) wants to introduce 2G in the Netherlands as soon as the opportunity presents itself. According to De Jonge, 2G is necessary to ensure that the lockdown does not last longer than strictly necessary writes NRC.
- Growth in bank lending to businesses and consumers continued to accelerate in November. That writes the FD based on figures from the European Central Bank. This is especially good news for banks in Spain and the Netherlands.
- Due to the corona crisis, there were 57 percent fewer traffic jams this year than in 2019, the last year before corona. That reports the ANWB. It was especially quiet this year during the morning rush hour.
- The production of sustainable energy in the Netherlands has grown by 13 percent this year. This is mainly due to the generation of green energy with offshore wind farms, writes NU.nl.
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