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What does The Treasury do?
The Treasury manages the public purse, advising on how governments can get the best quality and value out of public spending. The Treasury also takes a broad and long view of the New Zealand economy, developing strategic advice for Treasury Ministers and Cabinet on its future shape and direction.
At an operational level The Treasury manages the Crown's liabilities, monitors significant assets, manages and publishes the Budget documents and Crown financial statements and manages New Zealand's relationships with international financial institutions, including the IMF and the World Bank.
The Treasury has primary responsibility for macroeconomic and financial forecasts. These include projections of government expenditures and revenues, drawing in part on demographic assumptions.
Resources
Treasury Forecasts [Economic and Fiscal Updates]
Summary information of latest Treasury forecasts.
 'Go west, young man, go west!'? (333Kb)
Working paper 01/7 discussing the impact of Closer Economic Relations on Trans-Tasman migration. Published by The Treasury, 2001.
Regional labour market adjustment and the movements of people: A review (1,040Kb)
Working paper 01/8 examining the link between internal migration and regional labour market adjustment. Published by The Treasury, 2001.
Brain drain or brain exchange? (252Kb)
Working paper 01/22 exploring the 'brain drain' hypothesis – the idea that New Zealand is losing many of its most talented citizens. Published by The Treasury, 2001.
Modelling regional labour market adjustment in New Zealand
Working paper 02/01 examines the effects of a region-specific shock to employment on itself, the unemployment rate, the participation rate, wage rate and the role of migration. Published by The Treasury, 2002.
Demographic change and New Zealand's economic growth
Working paper 03/04 defines "demography" narrowly as population size, growth, and age-structure, and examines the likely effects on New Zealand's growth rate in GDP per capita, relative to the rest of the OECD. Published by The Treasury, 2003.
Can population projections be used for sensitivity tests on policy models?
Working paper 03/07 outlines some of the conditions that variant-based sensitivity tests must meet in future population modelling, with examples. Published by The Treasury, 2003.
Population ageing in New Zealand: Implications for living standards and the optimal rate of saving
Working paper 03/10 discussing whether New Zealand should prepare for population ageing by increasing national savings. It examines the use of time paths for investigating population ageing. Published by The Treasury, 2003.
The ageing of the New Zealand population, 1881 - 2051
Working paper 03/27 reviews data on long-term changes in the age structure of the New Zealand population, possible trends and projections for the age structure and the influences of fertility, mortality, and migration. Published by The Treasury, 2003.
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