Financial Statements of the Government
Tuesday, 7 November 2017, 10:06 am
Press Release: The Treasury
7 November 2017
Embargoed until 10.00am, Tuesday 7
November 2017
Paul Helm, Chief Government
Accountant
Financial Statements of the Government of
New Zealand for the three months ended 30 September
2017.
The Financial Statements of the Government of
New Zealand for the three months ended 30 September 2017
were released by the Treasury today. The statements are
compared against forecasts based on the 2017 Budget Economic
and Fiscal Update (BEFU) published on 25 May 2017.
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