OECD economic surveys : Netherlands 2014.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Netherlands.

Economic development.

Netherlands--Economic conditions.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Paris, France] : OECD Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 2014 edition of OECD's Economic Survey of the Netherlands examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. It also includes special chapters covering boosting the development of efficient SMEs and making the banking sector more resilient.

Contents:

Table of contents; Basic statistics of the Netherlands, 2012; Executive summary; Main findings; Key recommendations; Assessment and recommendations; Challenges facing the Netherlands; Ensuring a sustainable recovery; Figure 1. Key macroeconomic developments; Table 1. Macroeconomic indicators and projections; Figure 2. The housing market weighs on the economy; Sustaining high living standards; Figure 3. Potential growth has decelerated; Figure 4. Social indicators are solid; Figure 5. Exposure of major coastal cities to flood risks1; Improving fiscal policy

Fiscal policy has achieved a major adjustmentReturning to the initial fiscal framework; Figure 6. Fiscal consolidation has been sizeable; Addressing growing ageing costs; Addressing tax planning strategies of multinationals; Figure 7. Corporate income tax rate, foreign direct investment and special financial institutions (SFIs); Key fiscal recommendations; Making the banking sector more resilient; Figure 8. Assets of financial corporations; Risks facing the banking sector; Figure 9. Capital ratios in the banking sector are comparatively low

Figure 10. Financial buffers to absorb losses from non-performing loans are relatively weakFigure 11. Risk premiums on market funding have become more costly and volatile; Figure 12. Dependence on market funding remains high; Figure 13. Debt of households and non-financial corporations; Figure 14. Household balance sheets have become more stretched; Figure 15. Risks are concentrated among young and prime-age households; Reducing refinancing risks; Strengthening financial buffers; Containing household leverage when the housing market recovery is durable

Additional measures are needed to lower household indebtedness in the medium termImproving bank resolution; Recommendations to improve the resilience of banks; Promoting the development of efficient and dynamic SMEs; Figure 16. Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector indicators; Credit constraints facing SMEs are high; Figure 17. Bank lending constraints for SMEs are high; Improving access to finance is critical; Figure 18. Sources of external financing of SMEs; Fostering innovation; Figure 19. SMEs collaborating on innovation; Reforming labour market institutions

Figure 20. The most problematic factors for doing businessFigure 21. The strictness of employment protection legislation for permanent contracts is high; Reviewing the tax system; Lowering regulatory burdens; Figure 22. Product market regulation (PMR): Barriers to entrepreneurship; Recommendations to unleash SME dynamism; Bibliography; Annex. Progress in main structural reforms; Public finances; Financial markets; Labour market; Pension funds; Transport system; Housing market; Health and long-term care; Thematic chapters

Chapter 1. Making the banking sector more resilient and reducing household debt

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 5, 2014).

ISBN:

9789264219564

9264219560

9789264206915

9264206914