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For the first time in six years, government debt falls below 60 percent of GDP (EMU target).

The Netherlands has a budget surplus of nearly 3 bn euros for the first time since the global financial crisis.

The burden imposed by taxes and social security contributions has grown in recent years to 37.8 percent of GDP in 2015.

Government revenues were nearly 7 bn euros higher in the first six months of 2016 than in the same period last year.

The public deficit and public debt (as a percentage of GDP) both declined in Q1 2016.

The Netherlands’ general government deficit in 2015 came out at 1.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).

The most recent calculations made by Statistics Netherlands indicate that last year’s public deficit and public debt are in fact lower than the first estimate dating back to March suggested. In the...

In the first quarter of 2013, the Dutch government has realised a surplus, predominantly due to the one-off revenue from the auction of telecom frequencies. The nationalisation of SNS REAAL does not...

The Dutch government paid 4.7 billion euro in care allowances in 2011, nearly 0.9 billion more than one year previously. The increase is related to an increase in the standard premium for health care...

By the end of June this year, the public deficit of the Netherlands was 4.2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), i.e. 25 billion euro on an annual basis. The current deficit is marginally...

Public debt amounted to 383 billion euro in the second quarter of this year. Although much higher than in the pre-recession era in 2007, the Dutch interest burden declined on an annual basis and is...

Investors in Dutch government bonds faced severe losses in the first quarter of 2011.

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