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Date	Balance on goods	Balance on services	Balance on investment income	Balance on current account
Sep-98	315	-859	"-1,341"	"-1,836"
Dec-98	186	-206	"-1,095"	-893
Mar-99	291	552	"-1,216"	-344
Jun-99	280	-354	"-1,094"	"-1,048"
Sep-99	-242	-701	"-1,751"	"-2,562"
Dec-99	"-1,097"	98	"-1,855"	"-2,816"
Mar-00	359	812	"-1,904"	-596
Jun-00	770	-329	"-1,714"	"-1,155"
Sep-00	-49	-813	"-1,893"	"-2,626"
Dec-00	203	68	"-2,048"	"-1,643"
Mar-01	"1,142"	948	"-1,912"	279
Jun-01	"1,796"	-274	"-1,782"	-161
Sep-01	417	-521	"-1,828"	"-1,872"
Dec-01	22	92	"-1,892"	"-1,675"
Mar-02	99	"1,283"	"-1,582"	-213
Jun-02	"1,375"	-3	"-1,790"	-399
Sep-02	-404	-353	"-1,810"	"-2,548"
Dec-02	-696	483	"-1,724"	"-1,813"
Mar-03	391	"1,678"	"-1,721"	298
Jun-03	410	147	"-1,944"	"-1,345"
Sep-03	-769	-331	"-1,717"	"-2,804"
Dec-03	-815	461	"-1,865"	"-1,981"
Mar-04	-18	"1,318"	"-1,832"	-588
Jun-04	465	61	"-2,252"	"-1,646"
Sep-04	"-1,427"	-370	"-2,528"	"-4,283"
Dec-04	"-1,102"	326	"-2,203"	"-2,912"
Mar-05	-164	"1,017"	"-2,401"	"-1,426"
Jun-05	-142	-193	"-2,471"	"-2,768"
Sep-05	"-2,099"	-498	"-2,602"	"-5,136"
Dec-05	"-1,306"	148	"-2,886"	"-3,932"
Mar-06	-557	940	"-3,122"	"-2,757"
Jun-06	170	-236	"-3,000"	"-2,843"
Sep-06	"-1,435"	-658	"-2,785"	"-4,671"
Dec-06	"-1,221"	239	"-3,248"	"-4,001"
Mar-07	-342	"1,032"	"-2,931"	"-2,270"
Jun-07	21	-192	"-3,171"	"-3,154"
Sep-07	"-1,632"	-649	"-3,446"	"-5,467"
Dec-07	-428	97	"-3,289"	"-3,481"
Mar-08	294	933	"-3,482"	"-2,109"
Jun-08	-79	-518	"-3,644"	"-3,925"
Sep-08	"-2,049"	-982	"-3,248"	"-5,994"

Source: Statistics New Zealand				

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