Dutch consumers have finally started to open their wallets, prompting hopes of a consumer-led economic revival. But even if renewed falls in household spending look unlikely, the combination of the feeble labour and housing market recoveries, households’ heavy debt burden and fiscal austerity suggest consumption will be too weak for the overall economic recovery to gain much momentum.
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