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December Economic and Fiscal Update (DEFU) 2004
Economic and fiscal update
December Economic and Fiscal Update (DEFU) 2004
Publication type
:
Economic and fiscal update
Status
:
Superseded
Document (signed) date
:
Saturday, 24 February 2018
Issue date
:
Tuesday, 14 December 2004
Part of:
Budget 2004
Corporate author
:
Government of New Zealand
Viewpoint
:
Government
Additional details
Publication category
:
Budgets of the government
Copyright
:
© Crown Copyright, Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Budget year
:
2004
Last updated
:
Tuesday, 14 December 2004
Formats and related files
Statement of Responsibility & Chapter 1: Economic Outlook - December Economic and Fiscal Update 2004
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205.85 KB
Chapter 2 Fiscal Outlook - December Economic and Fiscal Update 2004
PDF
172.72 KB
Chapter 3 Risks and Scenarios - December Economic and Fiscal Update 2004
PDF
114.34 KB
Chapter 4 Specific Fiscal Risks - December Economic and Fiscal Update 2004
PDF
129.66 KB
Chapter 5 Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAAP) Series Tables & Glossary of Terms - December Economic and Fiscal Update 2004
PDF
226.75 KB
Additional Fiscal information - December Economic and Fiscal Update 2004
PDF
188.62 KB
Economic Forecast Tables - December Economic and Fiscal Update 2004
XLS
88.5 KB
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