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This paper examines the labor market effects of the Danish wage compensation scheme for employees during the covid-19 pandemic. The scheme prevented job losses, especially for low-tenured workers, but led to a decline in furloughed workers’ labor income. Labor market mobility was basically unaffected.

Governor Signe Krogstrup's presentation "Danish economy - Where do we stand and what are the prospects?" held on 12 January 2022 at the Danish Stockbrokers' Association’s New Year’s levee. (The presentation is in Danish only).

Governor Lars Rohde gave a presentation at the Insurance and Pension Denmark’s member meeting on 11 January. The presentation focused on the outlook for the Danish and global economy, as well as the long-term risks facing the pension sector. Among other things, governor Lars Rohde shared his thoughts on the dilemmas that low real interest rates pose to pension customers. (The presentation is in Danish only).

In Danmarks Nationalbank’s lending survey for Q4 2021, several of the banks report that they expect increased lending demand from corporate clients in Q1 2022. Several explain their expectations with corona-related credits issued by the government (particularly postponed tax and VAT payments), which begin to expire by April 2022.

The TIBER-DK Cyber Team (TCT) cordially invites providers of Threat Intelligence (TI) and Red Team (RT) services to a provider event on 1 February. The newly released TIBER-DK Framework 3.0 will be presented and the upcoming TIBER-EU best practices on Purple Teaming will be introduced. Further discussion and feedback sessions will be facilitated. The intiative reflects the TCT’s wishes to strengthen the crucial dialogue with and between TI and RT providers.

Danish private investors, i.e. employees and pensioners, have purchased foreign securities for a total of kr. 79 billion since the beginning of 2020. About half (kr. 38 billion) was bought indirectly via Danish investment funds, while kr. 22 billion of foreign shares and bonds was bought directly and kr. 19 billion was bought via foreign investment funds.