Of Interest to Alumni http://www.treasury.govt.nz Recent publications and information of interest to Alumni (former staff of the Treasury). daily 1 2007-10-16T07:29:03Z Treasury Working Paper - Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand http://www.treasury.govt.nz/releases/2008-06-20w Released 20 Jun 2008. The Treasury has released its second Working Paper for 2008 - Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 08/02) by Felicity C Barker, Robert A Buckle and Robert W St Clair. Economic growth is one of the objectives of the current government. Fiscal policy, encompassing government expenditure and taxation decisions, can significantly impact on economic growth. This paper proposes a framework which views fiscal policy through three lenses and applies this approach to consider how fiscal policy affects economic growth. No publisher Business PublicStudents Media GovernmentFinances Alumni EconomicFinancialAnalysts International AcademicsResearchers ResearchPolicy StateSector 2008-06-20T04:08:24Z Release Budget 2008 - Information Release http://www.treasury.govt.nz/releases/2008-06-20 Released 20 June 2008. Documents relating to Ministers' Budget strategy for Budget 2008, key decisions by Cabinet, bilateral briefings, personal tax cuts policy development and other papers. No publisher Business PublicStudents Media Alumni Budget Departments Tax Budget2008 EconomicFinancialAnalysts Budgets International AcademicsResearchers StateSector InformationRelease 2008-06-19T21:14:10Z Release Monthly Economic Indicators May 2008 http://www.treasury.govt.nz/releases/2008-06-09 Released 9 Jun 2008. Softening domestic demand and labour market indicate GDP contraction in March. However, labour market weakness likely overstated and positives such as tax cuts and high dairy payout to support economy in second half of 2008. Inflation will be higher than forecast with inflation pressures remaining intense. No publisher Business PublicStudents Media Alumni EconomicFinancialAnalysts AcademicsResearchers International StateSector Economy 2008-06-09T00:03:25Z Release Speech - Growth in a World of Limits: Challenges and Opportunities for Businesses and the Economy - John Whitehead, Secretary to the Treasury - 4 June 2008 http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/media-speeches/speeches/growthworldlimits/sp-growthworldlimits-4jun08.pdf No publisher Media Speeches ClimateChange Business PublicStudents Kyoto Alumni EconomicFinancialAnalysts International AcademicsResearchers StateSector Economy 2008-06-03T22:56:56Z File Growth in a World of Limits - Speech by John Whitehead, Secretary to the Treasury http://www.treasury.govt.nz/releases/2008-06-04 Released 4 Jun 2008. Responding to climate change is part of a broader challenge to achieve sustainable economic growth in a world of natural resource limits, Secretary to the Treasury John Whitehead said today. No publisher Speeches ClimateChange Business PublicStudents Kyoto Alumni EconomicFinancialAnalysts Media AcademicsResearchers StateSector Economy 2008-06-03T22:28:13Z Release The Treasury Statement of Intent 2008-13 http://www.treasury.govt.nz/releases/2008-05-22i Released 22 May 2008. The Treasury has published its Statement of Intent 2008-2013 which is part of the Finance and Government Administration sector volume of the Information Supporting the Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2009. No publisher Media Alumni Departments StatementsOfIntent Budget2008 AboutTreasury 2008-05-28T01:23:31Z Release