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SMEs financially healthy despite crisis

The financial health of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Flanders is robust thanks to careful management during the years leading up to the outbreak of the economic crisis, according to a report compiled by business analysts Graydon for the self-employed union Unizo.
(January 13, 2025)
Unemployment figures “tip of the iceberg”

The true unemployment figures in Belgium are more than twice as high as reported, while the situation is in fact worse now than it was in the 1970s, according to leading Flemish economist Geert Noels, writing last week on his influential blog Econoshock. In November 2009, according to the latest figures from the benefits authority RVA, there were 321,911 people unemployed in Flanders – 7,000 more than in October and 27,000 more than a year previously.
(January 13, 2025)