Kōrero: Balance of payments

Robert Muldoon’s road show, 1975

Robert Muldoon’s road show, 1975

In the 1975 election campaign Robert Muldoon used charts to raise concern about the level of New Zealand’s international debt. He showed that in the previous year New Zealand had run a substantial deficit on its current account, which had the effect, as shown in his chart (right), of increasing the country’s borrowing.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1975/1599/6a

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

C. John McDermott and Rishab Sethi, 'Balance of payments - Other perspectives on the current account', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23961/robert-muldoons-road-show-1975 (accessed 9 May 2024)

He kōrero nā C. John McDermott and Rishab Sethi, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010