Dutch inflation rate significantly higher than currency depreciation in the eurozone
FHI, Federation of Technology Industries – February 23, 2022
- The RIVM reports 41,481 new positive corona tests on Wednesday. That is about 7,000 more than on Tuesday and slightly more than the last weekly average.
- In the eurozone, the average inflation rate in January was 5.1 percent. With an inflation rate of 7.6 percent, the Netherlands is far above that. That reports Eurostat.
- Volkswagen confirms that it has had advanced discussions with major shareholder Porsche SE to take its subsidiary Porsche to the stock exchange. Analysts think that the profitable Porsche would generate between 85 and 100 billion euros, writes NRC.
- The German gas supply is not in danger as a result of the decision not to approve Nord Stream 2 for the time being. This was stated by the German Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck on the radio station Deutschlandfunk.
- There is a chance that insurers will not reimburse damages caused by weather conditions, CEO Jos Baeten of insurer ASR warns in a statement. interview with RTL News. Baeten advocates accelerated CO2 reductions to limit climate change.
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