Outgoing Dutch government budget surplus hits nearly €3bn
The Dutch government posted a budget suplus of €2.9bn in 2016, its first surplus since 2008, the national statistics office CBS said on Friday.
The surplus amounts to 0.4% of GNP – in actual terms the highest ever. The was a budget deficit of 2.1% in 2015.
The improvement stemmed largely from performance in the final quarter of the year. This was due to strong export growth and increased household spending, the CBS said.
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