Challenges and Choices: New Zealand's Long-term Fiscal Statement
Published 29 Oct 2009
Presented to the House of Representatives Pursuant to Section 26N of the Public Finance Act 1989.
This is the second in the series of Statements on the Long-term Fiscal Position published by the Treasury.
The Treasury is required under the Public Finance Act 1989 (as amended in 2004) to publish a statement at least every four years and each statement must have a - projection-horizon of at least 40 years.
Read the related media statement Long-term Fiscal Statement Released (29 October 2009) and the speech by the Secretary to the Treasury, John Whitehead: New Zealand's Long-term Fiscal Statement Challenges and Choices (29 October 2009).
By the end of November 2009 the Treasury intends to publish a working paper on the assumptions and modelling framework behind Challenges and Choices.
Data from Charts and Graphs in the Statement
This chartpack contains all the charts and data used in Challenges and Choices. It also has some aggregate fiscal data from the projections. Download the chartpack: ltfs-09-chartpack.xls (597 KB)