The Dutch government will be achieved in the first three quarters of 2019 and surplus in excess of 14 billion euro, says the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) on Tuesday. In this way the position of the general government balance as a percentage of the gross domestic product (gdp) of 1.7 per cent.
finally, The general government debt as a percentage of gdp in the same period of 49,3 per cent. This continued to be the debt for the first time since the third quarter of 2008, less than 50 per cent of the country’s gdp. The general government debt fell by the end of september, with a total amount of 395 billion euros, some 11 billion euros lower than at the end of 2018.
It is surplus, that is, in the first three quarters has been achieved, and is almost € 3 billion higher than that across the whole of 2018. For many, 2019 and expects the ministry of Finance, a surplus of 10.4 billion euros, but is expected to be on CBS, this will be almost € 4 billion more.
revenues during the first three quarters of 2019, with a 12-billion-euro increase, which is entirely due to income taxes and social security contributions. The collective pressure was made in the third quarter, it still 38,6% of gdp, the highest level, that is, the CBS has recorded since the start of the measurement.
Expenses, also rose
During the first three quarters of 2019 at the latest, were for the expenses of the government, however, 9 million euros higher than in the same period of the previous year. Half of this increase was due to social security and healthcare, while spending on unemployment benefits just fell.
expenditure related to the compensation of government employees increased by 2 billion euros, with the investments in, and contributions to the European Union, both on a 1 billion euro. It was also due to the government for the transition to a 0.4 billion euro in the grid manager, TenneT has invested.
