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Balance of Payments and International Investment Position: March 2009 quarter


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Highlights


  • New Zealand's seasonally adjusted current account deficit was $2,682 million in the March 2009 quarter, $1,042 million smaller than the December 2008 quarter deficit.

  • The current account deficit for the year ended March 2009 was 8.5 percent of GDP, compared with a deficit of 9.0 percent of GDP for the year ended December 2008.

 
  • The March 2009 quarter current account deficit was financed by a $2.0 billion net inflow of financial capital from abroad.

 

  • Net international liabilities were $176.6 billion (98.2 percent of GDP) at 31 March 2009, compared with $167.4 billion (93.2 percent of GDP) at 31 December 2008.



Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician


25 June 2009

ISSN 1178-0215

See also Balance of Payments and International Investment Position: March 2009 quarter  – Media release.

 



  Balance of Payments and International Investment Position: March 2009 quarter (pdf)



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