NOS NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 04:11 The vast majority of households have a little more to spend this year. People with children can even make significant progress. Single minimum income earners will have to hand in 2024, from 40 to 60 euros per month. This is evident from a purchasing power calculation by budget institute Nibud. After … Read more
Since Monday, Carrefour has joined forces with CNP Assurances to offer a “purchasing power guarantee”. “Faced with the soaring prices of food and basic necessities, more and more French people are having difficulty paying their bills, particularly in the event of unforeseen events leading to a loss or reduction in their income,” indicates the insurer … Read more
Twenty-four municipalities in the French Basque Country will be able to apply rent capping, under a decree published Wednesday in the Official Journal, responding to a request from local elected officials worried about the housing shortage. A decree opens the possibility of controlling rents to control their rise and protect the purchasing power of tenant … Read more
Is “shrinkflation”, popularized in recent months, already a has-been? In this period of general rise in prices, a new term is emerging in the Anglo-Saxon media: “funflation”, a contraction of fun (amusement, entertainment) and inflation. This new buzzword was notably used this month by Corrie Barry, the CEO of Best Buy during the Most Powerful … Read more
ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 01:35 The purchasing power of the Dutch population fell by 1.2 percent last year. This is the largest decline in forty years, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands. The decline is mainly the result of high inflation in the past year. Only during the severe recession in the 1980s and the years … Read more
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 20:51 Billie Barrier editor Economics Billie Barrier editor Economics After more and more people came to the food bank in Utrecht Overvecht in 2022, the number of customers will drop by ten percent this year. “And that is the picture throughout Utrecht,” says Nico Jongerius of the Food Bank Overvecht. The government’s support … Read more
Reportage Article reserved for subscribers Gathered in a general assembly in the Parisian station on Tuesday, the railway workers voted to renew the strike on Wednesday. In particular, they hope to get a pay raise. Of the “It will be crazy!” punctuated by cheers. It is 12:45 pm on Tuesday, Gare du Nord, in Paris, … Read more
ANP Yuri Vugts publisher Nieuwsuur Ronja Hijmans publisher Nieuwsuur Yuri Vugts publisher Nieuwsuur Ronja Hijmans publisher Nieuwsuur More expensive groceries and higher energy bills. The cry for compensation was and is loud. “Not everything can come from the government,” Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag said recently. With an energy cap and a generic discount on energy, … Read more
– NOS | Helen Kret – News from the NOS•today, 16:06•Modified today, 16:42 — The measures that the government will present on Tuesday, budget day, will most likely have a positive effect on purchasing power for the next year. But they will not fully compensate for the decline in purchasing power over the course of … Read more
The risk of a global recession is increasing as inflation remains high. Central banks may have to raise interest rates further due to continued strong price increases. But that slows economic growth, the World Bank warns in a new report. The European Central Bank (ECB), among others, is raising interest rates in large steps, just … Read more