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by apexalpha 2236 days ago
No we don't have a full lockdown. Many work from home, some in A/B teams and if your business had to close (cafés, restaurants without delivery, pilot) you still get paid except your company can get it reimbursed via the government.

So basically our economy kinda just runs on, even though a lot less is happening.

Restaurants have switched to delivery if they can. Most people I know actually have more money now, since you can't really go out and spend it. And May is usually the month where Dutch people get their 13th month (bonus).

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Our economy is in the toilet. Large parts of it at least (that aren't very visible).

We'll see the wave of defaults and bankruptcies in a couple of months.

Define "our".
The economy of the country The Netherlands
Thanks it was a bit ambiguous. I hope your economy improves soon :)
That report says there was a drop of 0.2% in labor participation in March. That's not a lot.