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• Dutch economy expected to grow 1.3% in 2025 (ING)
• Growth 2024 0.8%
• German economy: contraction in 2024, growth forecast 2025 0.2%
• Gas and electricity prices to rise in 2025
• Unemployment at end of December 2024 3.7% (373,000)
• Number of bankruptcies 2024 over 30% more than in 2023
• Inflation December 2024 4.1%
• Inflation over 2025 expected to be 3%
• Interest rate 3-month Euribor 2.681%. Interest rate 10-year government loan 2.725%