Johan Van Overtveldt

The author stated that the lack of serious budgetary policy, more than the higher interest rates, had put France in a precarious situation. He referred to an article from the Financial Times about a warning from the head of the French central bank that the country risked being suffocated by interest burdens. #Frankrijk #Economie #Rente #FR (translated)

The author wrote in a paper that 772 billion in debt accumulation was attributed to Wallonia and 27 billion to Brussels, while Flanders had a surplus of 346.5 billion. The author asked whether that was the "excess of Flemish policy" for which Dermine (PS) warned. #België #schuld #beleid #BE (translated)

Europa heeft een kapitaalmarktenunie nodig voor groei en innovatie. Zo ontstaan meer investeringen, jobs en welvaart. Uitzonderingen en versnippering bemoeilijken de weg vooruit. EU can’t integrate markets if it dilutes supervision, watchdog warns https://t.co/qaX7IDlTuR via @ft #Kapitaalmarktenunie #Innovatie #Groei #EU

At Europe House in London, I opened a seminar marking 50 years since Britain’s 1976 IMF crisis. Its lesson remains highly relevant: debt accumulation is no panacea. Responsible budgets, structural reforms and growth-oriented policies remain the only sustainable path. https://t.co/lB1GH3NDzf #IMF #DebtCrisis #SustainableGrowth #GB #EU

Persistently budget deficits and political quasi-ungovernability are fundamentally undermining Paris’s creditworthiness. While crackpot ideas about debt cancellation circulate, the ECB watches attentively in the shadows. Blog: https://t.co/gChynRWqCm #BudgetDeficit #ParisCreditworthiness #ECB #FR

As things stand now, the AI investment boom will further cripple the already distressed state of public finances in most Western countries. Check my latest blog: AI's Multiple Ravaging of Public Finances https://t.co/NrYyBPNjxv #AIInvestment #PublicFinances #EconomicImpact #US #CA #GB #DE #FR #IT #NL #AU #NZ

THE understatement of the holliday season: the French minister of the Budget describes his country’s budget situation as a “powder keg”. France faces budget showdown as presidential election looms https://t.co/OzQMKnifHp via @ft #FranceBudget #EconomicCrisis #PresidentialElection #FR

Central bankers are once more facing a delicate situation. Leaning towards higher policy interest rates might well be the least bad option at this moment. Latest blog is live: Conundrum, Once Again https://t.co/5FPXNviwdw #CentralBanking #InterestRates #EconomicPolicy #Nospecificcountrycodescanbeidentifiedinthetweet.

Het is nu overduidelijk dat er een zeer grote meerderheid is binnen de EU om de buitengrenzen fors te versterken en de uitzetting van illegale migranten te versnellen. Deze prioriteit moet expliciet tot uiting komen in de nieuwe EU meerjarenbegroting. https://t.co/TLeGZ8y819 #EUmigratie #grenzen #meerjarenbegroting #EU #NL

Hoe lang tolereert de EU de fratsen van Sanchez nog? Dompelt de Unie in een heuse nieuwe migratiecrisis. Ook al 3 jaar geen begroting ingediend, serieuze twijfels omtrent gebruik van Europese fondsen, quasi zijn ganse omgeving verwikkeld in corruptieschandalen, etc etc etc. #EUmigratie #Sanchez #corruptie #EU #ES

Dit is exact wat er gaat gebeuren als de EU de fel begeerde ‘digital tax’ gaat doorvoeren. De getroffen tech bedrijven gaan die taks gewoon doorrekenen a/d consument, zeker de Europese. Een gewezen prof van mij noemde zoiets altijd ‘de eerste les economie’ https://t.co/K8dXvVPMnb #DigitalTax #Economie #Techbelasting #EU #BE