# Dutch public finances return to surplus in the mid-2010s

Date: 2017

After the euro-crisis years, [Rutte](/people/mark-rutte) cabinets ran headline surpluses in several pre-COVID years. Surplus is a completed fiscal stance with a public-investment caveat.

## People

- Mark Rutte: https://factrail.ai/people/mark-rutte

## Drivers

- Public-Debt Sustainability: https://factrail.ai/drivers/public-debt-sustainability

## Sources

- https://www.oecd.org/economy/netherlands/
- https://www.dnb.nl/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-fiscal-surplus-rutte