Brief economic news of November 30, 2021
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – November 30, 2021
- Last week, 155,152 people tested positive for the coronavirus, approximately the same as the previous week. The RIVM believes that the stabilization is the result of the previously taken corona measures. The R number also decreases.
- The current vaccines probably work less well against the new omikron variant of the coronavirus. This is what Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel says to the Financial Times. It may take months before manufacturers have developed vaccines that work optimally.
- Within the eurozone, inflation stood at 4.9 percent in November, reports Eurostat. The sharp rise in energy prices in particular is responsible for the high inflation figures. In the Netherlands, inflation stood at 5.6 percent in November reports CBS based on provisional figures.
- Price fighter Easyjet has a financial year from September 2020 to last September made a loss of 1.2 billion euros. Nevertheless, the company's CEO is optimistic about the future, partly due to the increasing demand.
- Employment in Belgium is benefiting from the strong economic recovery. The number of workers grew by 116,000 in the third quarter compared to the same quarter last year. The economy grew by 2 percent in the third quarter, reports De Tijd.
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