general/economy

It was a bit of a gulp again when it was announced how high inflation has risen. However, a fall in oil prices and a cautious recovery of the euro, are signs that the worst of the inflation pain is behind us.

There is a lot going on at the moment. From rapidly rising energy and commodity prices to a very tight labour market. Companies are being hit hard, no one can deny that. Yet Elton Backx of the Lords of Work sees that the entrepreneurs who dare to seize opportunities at least manage to limit the damage. And even come out better. That is easy to say of course, in practice it is more complicated. It is -flattened- a matter of seeing, thinking, daring and doing...... In this opinion piece, Elton shares his views on crises.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 96th birthday last Thursday, 21 April. Another of the Queen's celebrations could throw a spanner in the works economically. The extra day off for her throne anniversary in June, may make the difference between a narrow economic contraction or minuscule growth.

Since the beginning of this year, we have seen an increase in bankruptcies in the Netherlands. We were already expecting this increase when the government declared the first lockdowns related to COVID-19, but did not materialise due to the huge government support companies received. Does Paul van Uden, managing director of Xolv, think this increase will continue? In this article, he shares his views and offers advice on how to closely monitor the creditworthiness of your buyers.

COVID-19 gripped us for 2 years and had a huge effect on global society. Back to normal was something everyone wanted. And then came the Russian invasion of Ukraine and now the world is once again turned upside down. In this article, Paul discusses how you can protect your business from non-payment from buyers based in countries with political unrest and thus continue to do business safely.

The rise in oil prices is completely bypassing the Russian rouble. This has everything to do with fears of an invasion of Ukraine and the prospect of a series of interest rate hikes in the United States.

The years 2020 and 2021 will go down in history as the Covid-19 and corona years. Paul van Uden, managing director of Xolv, has written many times about the impact of Covid-19 and especially its economic consequences. In this opinion piece, Paul looks back on the past year and looks at what 2022 has in store for us.

We wrote earlier that economic development is difficult to predict. There are so many factors affecting the economy that no one knows for sure what will happen. On the one hand, our economy turns out to be more resilient than we thought and the negative impact of Covid-19 pandemic is not so bad. On the other hand, the crisis did lead to other problems: shortages of raw materials, semi-finished and finished products, rising energy prices and transport costs. We are also seeing the first signs that interest rates will rise slightly. In this article, we discuss the impact of this increasing uncertainty and how to respond to it.

How big are the cracks in Europe's economic recovery? The Ifo figures, which give a picture of German business confidence in the economy, will partly answer that question next Monday. The euro has firmly started its slide.

The past few years have been marked by quite a few far-reaching events, with COVID-19 in particular having a huge impact on our lives. Also, between corona, we still had to deal with the Brexit and the social unrest that prevailed in America due to Biden's election win. In this article, we look back at the past few years and look at what all awaits us in the coming years, economically speaking.