Story: Spending in the economy

More links and websites

• Reserve Bank

  The Reserve Bank operates monetary policy, and oversees financial systems and currency needs.

• Statistics New Zealand

  This site reports official national statistics including government spending and receipts.

• Treasury

  The site of the state financial policy advisor.

More suggestions and sources

• Dalziel, Paul. The New Zealand macroeconomy: a briefing on the reforms and their legacy. 4th ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001.

• Easton, Brian. In stormy seas: the post-war New Zealand economy. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1997.

• Evans, Lew, and others. ‘Economic reform in New Zealand 1984–95: the pursuit of efficiency.’ Journal of Economic Literature, 34 no. 4 (1996): 1856–1902.

• Hawke, G. R. The making of New Zealand: an economic history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.