Federal Planning Bureau expects trigger index to be exceeded again in August and December | VRT NWS: news

In a report published on Tuesday the Federal Planning Bureau forecast that the trigger index will be exceeded again twice this year, in August and in December. Each time the trigger index, which is one method of measuring inflation, is exceeded pensions, benefits and public sector wages are increased by 2%. In the case of pensions and benefits this occurs the following, while public sector employees see their wages increase in the second month following the date on which the trigger index was re