Story: Balance of payments

Reserve Bank teller

Reserve Bank teller

Faced with a balance of payments crisis in 1938 the Labour government imposed controls over both imports and the issuing of foreign exchange. The Reserve Bank, established four years before, was responsible for administering applications and issuing foreign exchange.

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C. John McDermott and Rishab Sethi, 'Balance of payments - A brief history', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/23965/reserve-bank-teller (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by C. John McDermott and Rishab Sethi, published 11 Mar 2010