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Consumer prices
Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices was running at 2.7% in April compared to 2.5% in March. This increase is mostly due to the...
Consumer prices
Consumer price index of April 2017 Inflation (2.28%) remains unchanged compared to last month. The consumer price index has increased by 0.18 point or 0.17% this month. Inflation based on...
Enterprises
March 2017: 930 bankruptcies The bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,502 jobs: 737 full-time employees, 341 part-time employees and 424 salaried employers lost their jobs. In the last six...
Consumer prices
Consumer price index of March 2017 Inflation in March has gone down from 2.97% to 2.28%. This decrease is mainly due to the fact that the effect of the increased...
Enterprises
February 2017: 800 bankruptcies The bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,347 jobs: 657 full-time employees, 368 part-time employees and 322 salaried employers lost their jobs. The number of bankruptcies...
Population
In 2014, there were 7 maternal deaths in our country: 5 direct and 2 indirect. There was also one late maternal death. The number of cases being so small, a...
Consumer prices
Consumer price index of February 2017 Inflation in February has gone up from 2.65% to 2.97%. The consumer price index increased by 0.39 point or 0.37% this month. Inflation based...
Enterprises
January 2017: 806 bankruptcies The bankruptcies resulted in a loss of 1,308 jobs: 688 full-time employees, 324 part-time employees and 296 salaried employers lost their jobs. The number of bankruptcies...
Mobility
In 2016, 654,605 new vehicles were registered, that is 8 % more than in 2015. This increase concern all categories, except for buses and coaches. The number of new passenger...
Consumer prices
Consumer price index of January 2017 Inflation has gone up to 2.65% in January from 2.03% in December. The consumer price index this month has increased by 0.74 points or...