Et on ouvre le bal avec une premiere estimation (optimiste ?) des couts de la crise :
Crisis costs Netherlands 26,000 euros per adult
By Freek Schravesande and Guusje Tromp
Published: 14 April 2009 13:27
source nrc.nl
lien : http://www.nrc.nl/international/Feature ... _per_adult
The Dutch have lost on average 26,000 euros per adult since the beginning of the economic crisis, research shows. It is the elderly who are hurt the most.
Mais Monsieur Visser garde le moral :Is this just the beginning? As far as the stock-market goes, Velthuijsen thinks the worst is probably over. House prices will continue to fall although not to the extent they have in Britain. Pensions are a particular problem in the Netherlands, where 40 percent of pensions are capital-funded, compared to a European average of only 8 percent. This means that Dutch pensions have suffered considerably more than those of other European countries.
But 56-year old Mr. Visser, who is enjoying an ice cream outside the Rotterdam mall, is not spending less just yet - even if he admits that his pension, his shares and his house have all lost value. "I'm an optimist: the economy always goes up and down. I hope to retire in six years time, at which point I will want to cash in my shares. Hopefully the market will have corrected by then - just like it did after the 2001 internet bubble burst."