By Emese Bartha
The Dutch State Treasury Agency on Wednesday marginally lowered its estimate for 2022 borrowing requirements versus the preliminary figures it had published on Dec. 16.
The borrowing review was updated due to the availability of year-end 2021 figures, it said.
The new borrowing requirement stands at 73.3 billion euros ($82.74 billion), down from the EUR74.5 billion estimate the agency gave on Dec. 16.
The DSTA added that the estimated borrowing requirement is still surrounded by a high degree of uncertainty due to the development of the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic recovery and the budgetary impact of the new government's plans.
The DSTA confirmed its government-bond issuance target of around EUR45 billion for 2022.
-Write to Emese Bartha at emese.bartha@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
01-05-22 0734ET
