Purchasing power development (median, dynamic)

Known criticisms of this statistic

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• Personal circumstances — a new job, retirement, divorce — generally move an individual's purchasing power more than policy or the economy does; CPB states its figures give a good picture for groups but are not suited to predicting your own purchasing power.

  — CPB (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis) · CPB koopkracht-FAQ

• The median hides how many people lose: in 2018 the median change was +0.3% while nearly half of all persons saw their purchasing power fall — a positive national figure is fully compatible with millions going backwards.

  — CBS figures, explained by CBS's chief economist via NOS (2019) · NOS: koopkracht 2018

• One national inflation rate hides the renter–homeowner gap: renters faced cumulatively more than five percentage points more inflation than homeowners over 2015–2024, so purchasing-power figures built on average inflation flatter renters' reality — and renters are disproportionately lower-income.

  — Ministry of Finance economists Cornelissen & Telling, in ESB (2024) · ESB: Koopkrachtplaatjes onderbelichten verschil huurders en kopers

Source & method

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