The French don't necessarily realize it, but their purchasing power - the amount of goods and services that an income can buy - has increased significantly under Emmanuel Macron's five-year term, despite the recent increase in the economy. 'inflation.
Olivier Dussopt, the Minister for Public Accounts, repeated it again during the budget presentation on Wednesday.
“The increase in purchasing power each year has been higher than the average for previous years,
” he insisted.
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The last decade had indeed been weighed down by the very bad wines of 2012 and 2013, years when the available purchasing power of households had fallen by 0.4% and then 1.2% according to INSEE.
For 2022, Bercy expects a further average increase of 1% after 2.2% in 2021, 0.4% in 2020 despite the sharp decline in activity, 2.6% in 2019, 1.4% in 2018 and 1 , 7% in 2017.
This continuous increase in purchasing power is explained by the drop in household taxation and by the increase in their income.
Tax side,
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