Orange with 6Medias, published on tuesday 03 january 2023 at 08h04
To enable the French to increase their purchasing power, the government authorized savers to withdraw part of the money invested. But according to BFM Business, few have taken the plunge.
The French prefer to keep their savings warm.
This is the observation made by BFM Business, Tuesday, January 3. While they were invited to freely dispose of part of their employee savings, without having to pay any penny, only one billion euros was withdrawn over the year, explains the news channel. As a reminder, the executive had decided to facilitate the conditions of access to these sums, blocked most of the time for several years. A way to increase purchasing power, in order to fight against the current crisis.
An outdated solution?
However, specify BFM Business, this failure could be related to the different conditions and checkboxes. Because although the process has been simplified, it was only possible to recover the sums placed before January 1, 2022, specifies the chain. In addition, it was only possible to make a single withdrawal, capped at 10,000 euros, and only for the purpose of using these means in the purchase of goods and services. But according to the professionals of employee savings interviewed by BFM, the reasons for this fiasco could be more related to the fact that, since 2008, it is no longer compulsory to wait five years before being able to receive your money. The most needy already do not hesitate to dip into their reserves if necessary.