The bill of millions was traditionally leaked on the Friday before Prinsjesdag, the opening of the new parliamentary year in the Netherlands. The budget for next year contains a purchasing power package that is “historic in size”: according to insiders, the measures now add up to more than 17 billion euros. As a result, the spending scope of households will increase next year: purchasing power will increase by 3.9 percent, the Central Planning Bureau has calculated according to various sources. This somewhat eases this year’s financial pain: according to estimates by the CPB, purchasing power will decline by almost 7 percent in 2022.
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‘Historic’ package of measures in the Dutch budget: purchasing power increases by 3.9 percent
