De Nederlandsche Bank published a speech by Executive Board member Olaf Sleijpen delivered at the Jeroen Bosch Summit in Den Bosch, using Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights as a framing device to discuss the Netherlands’ earning potential. The speech presents a three-part “triptych”: a calm starting position, a turbulent middle panel marked by a succession of challenges, and a forward-looking panel on how to ensure the good life and a healthy business climate continue in the Netherlands and Europe.
De Nederlandsche Bank 2026-04-22
De Nederlandsche Bank’s Olaf Sleijpen outlines a triptych of the Netherlands’ earning potential and the challenges to sustain a healthy business climate
De Nederlandsche Bank published a speech by Executive Board member Olaf Sleijpen at the Jeroen Bosch Summit in Den Bosch, using Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights to frame a discussion of the Netherlands’ earning potential. The speech outlines a three-part “triptych” from a calm starting position, through a turbulent phase of successive challenges, to a forward-looking perspective on sustaining the good life and a healthy business climate in the Netherlands and Europe.