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Dutch budget deficit seen at 0.4pc/GDP in 2016 after tax windfall
AMSTERDAM: The Dutch government expects to run a budget deficit of just 0.
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As recently as September, the government had forecast a 2016 deficit of 1.1 percent of gross domestic product.
This month the country's statistics office said the economy grew at 2.4 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, making it one of the strongest performers in Europe.
ANP Nieuws and national broadcaster NOS were citing remarks by Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem outside a cabinet meeting.