Prime minister Mark Rutte said on Friday afternoon it is too soon to cheer about the news the Dutch budget deficit has fallen to 2.9%.     ‘This is purely bookkeeping and does not alter the need to make spending cuts,’ the Telegraaf reports Rutte as saying. ‘Let us not congratulate ourselves just yet.’   The 2.9% figure, which is below the EU limit of 3%, was published by the central statistics office CBS on Friday morning. The CBS said … Continue reading Dutch budget deficit drops to 2.9%; prime minister says don’t cheer too soon