The competitiveness of the Belgian economy seems to be endangered. To safeguard our international competitiveness, the social partners want to elaborate control mechanisms securing that the evolution of the Belgian wage cost resembles the trends in our neighbouring countries.

Inflation is not popular since it affects everyone. But are we all equally affected by inflation? This question matters in Belgium with the automatic indexation of wages and welfare benefits.

At the celebration of “One Year Itinera Institute”, Jim O’Neill paints both a realistic and optimistic future for Belgium under the continuing economic globalisation.