Automobilist tankt minder en let op uitgaven
中文标题
驾车者减少加油并关注支出
Core conclusion · Tlines extraction
Using Dutch debit-card transaction data, ABN AMRO finds active drivers cut fuel purchases about 12% year on year from March to July after the Iran war energy shock and a January excise increase, limiting extra fuel spending to 6% (about EUR 10, to EUR 150 monthly). Aggregate non-fuel spending shows no significant gap versus other households, but low-income drivers' spending growth trails controls by 1.3 percentage points, while high-income drivers' growth is 1 percentage point higher.
- Institution
- ABN AMRO Research
- Published
- 09/24/2026
- Research topic
- Inflation
- Time horizon
- short-term
Key arguments
- Higher prices, not immediate pump-price pass-through, drive behaviour: frontloading occurred around the 1 January excise rise and the 28 February war start, with a further peak on 9 March when Brent reportedly rose about 30% to near USD 120.
- Active drivers cut consumption about 12% year on year from March to July, from roughly 90 to 80 litres monthly, limiting fuel-spend growth to 6%.
- At aggregate level, active drivers' non-fuel spending growth matches other households, so the shock mainly shows up in inflation rather than weak demand, with income splits revealing offsetting adjustments.
- The findings imply caution over broad measures that weaken the price signal, such as fuel excise cuts, and support targeted help reflecting income and transport alternatives.
Key numbers
- Fuel consumption decline, March-July y/y
- 12%
- Monthly fuel purchases, last year vs this year
- about 90 litres vs about 80 litres
- Fuel spending increase y/y from March
- 6%
- Brent move on 9 March (as reported)
- about +30%, to roughly USD 120/bbl
- Low-income active drivers' spending growth vs control
- -1.3 percentage points
Main risks
- Litres are estimated by dividing refuelling amounts by Statistics Netherlands' average petrol price, and lower-priced stations are not adjusted for, so actual litres are probably somewhat higher.
- The link between income, region and adjustment cannot be fully identified; lack of data means the gradual rise in price elasticity is not certain, and high-income spending growth may reflect unobserved factors such as public-transport use or vehicle switching.
- Saving less cannot be controlled for, and drivers' background characteristics differ from the control group, limiting the difference-in-differences interpretation.
Corresponding source evidence
Since March, consumption has been approximately 12% lower than a year earlier.
If drivers mainly reduce fuel consumption or try to absorb the additional fuel costs by saving less, the short-term effects of an energy price shock on the real economy remain largely confined to inflation.
· short-termOn 1 January, this pattern reversed and purchases were much lower.
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