WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao will not receive any liquidity support from the Netherlands in the coming quarter. This is what State Secretary for Kingdom Relations, Alexandra van Huffelen, writes in a letter to the Dutch House of Representatives.
The Pisas government has not asked for it either, as in the first and second quarters. Due to a liquidity surplus due to too much liquidity support received in 2021 and higher than expected tax revenues, Curaçao started the year with a balance of ANG 253 million.
This means that the deficit in 2022, which was budgeted at 162 million guilders, can be covered and Curaçao is expected to be able to do without liquidity support from the Netherlands this entire year.
Aruba and St Maarten
Liquidity support is required for the other countries, but Van Huffelen will postpone a decision on this until August 26, when the Kingdom Council of Ministers will meet again.
For the third quarter of 2022, the Financial Supervision Board recommended allocating 4 million florins to Aruba and 14 million guilders to Sint Maarten as liquidity support.
In addition, just before the Kingdom Council of Ministers on 13 July, the Financial Advisory Board (CFT) advised the Netherlands to give Aruba a financial instruction. That too will be discussed on july 26.