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Raoul Leering

Senior Macro Economist

Raoul Leering is a Senior Macro Economist, joining ING in 2014. Previously he worked at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Het Financieele Dagblad and the Dutch trade union FNV.

Raoul Leering is no longer part of the ING THINK team

Latest from Raoul

29 July 2022

Labour costs put upward pressure on eurozone inflation

High inflation and low unemployment will push up wage growth in 2022 and 2023. At the same time, labour productivity growth is expected to come down…

20 June 2022

Real wages in the eurozone will return to modest growth next year

Since the recovery from the financial crisis, nominal wage growth in the eurozone has been sluggish. This is often attributed to weaker trade unions. But…

28 April 2022

Will eurozone wage growth accelerate despite the economic slowdown?

Wage growth was sluggish in 2021 and now the economy is slowing down. An acceleration is still in the making, but the economic slowdown and weakening…

3 September 2021

The long-term effect of Covid-19 on European consumption differs in each country

European households consumed fewer and different goods and services during the pandemic, but once all of this is over, most of these household spending…

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Manufacturing, Construction and Retail

5 August 2021

3D printing's post-pandemic potential; the complete report

The growth of 3D printing plunged in 2020 due to the Covid-19 recession. But the experienced vulnerability of supply chains and the economic recovery…