Balance of Payments and International Investment Position: March 2008 quarter
Highlights
- The current account deficit for the year ended March 2008 was $13,787 million (7.8 percent of GDP), compared with $13,837 million for the year ended December 2007 (7.9 percent of GDP).
- New Zealand's seasonally adjusted current account deficit for the March 2008 quarter was $3,527 million, $410 million larger than the December 2007 quarter.
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- There was a net inflow of capital into New Zealand of $2.0 billion in the March 2008 quarter.
- New Zealand's net international liabilities were $153.2 billion at 31 March 2008, an increase of 1.2 percent from the December 2007 quarter.
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| Dallas Welch (Mrs) |
26 June 2008 |
| Acting Government Statistician |
ISSN 1178-0215 |