Percentage change of purchasing power in the Netherlands 2022
Singles with average income see purchasing power grow the most
The singles with average incomes (35,000 euros) were expected to see the most significant increase in their purchasing power in 2019, at over two percent. With the exception of couples with one child on a double income (earning between 10,000 and 25,000 euros) though, all other household types could foresee a growth in purchasing power.
Purchasing power under Rutte III-government
Pensioners and people on social security benefits are especially vulnerable to the dynamics of a changing economic situation. Another forecast released just before the Rutte III government was inaugurated in October 2017 predicted a growth of the purchasing power for all groups under the new government: the working, the pensioners and the recipients of benefits. It was however expected that the purchasing power of the employed group would increase far more than the purchasing power of pensioners and people on social security: 1.4 percent vs. 0.6 and 0.7 percent.