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The New Zealand government vowed to remain on track to returning tobudget surplus despite a deterioration in the economic outlook, asit unveiled the annual spending plan here Thursday. Budget 2012 was the government's second consecutive annual budgetwith zero new spending, said Finance Minister Bill English in thetelevised reading of the budget to Parliament. English said that New Zealand would be "one of the few developedcountries not running deficits and increasing debt," when itreturned to surplus in the 2014-2015 financial year. "Getting back to surplus is one of the most important contributionsthe government can make to increasing genuine national savings andbuilding a more competitive economy," he said. "It will reduce upwards pressure on interest and exchange rates. Itwill stop our debt rising and allow us to start reducing it," headded. Forecasts showed a fiscal surplus of 197 million NZ dollars (147.89 million U.S. dollars) in 2014-2015, though the Budget PolicyStatement in February showed a deterioration of 1.2 billion NZdollars in the fiscal outlook for that year. The government had committed itself to fiscal discipline, saidEnglish, and net new government spending through to 2015-2016 wouldtotal just 26.5 million NZ dollars. However, the government would "reprioritize" existing spendingworth 4.4 billion NZ dollars over the next four years to ensureincreased spending in health, education, science and innovation,and law and order, and increase revenue through changes to the taxstructure, said English. "As a result, we remain on track for surplus while continuing toinvest in priority areas that matter to New Zealanders, and whichwill help build the more competitive economy necessary to createnew jobs and higher incomes." Although government spending had grown by only 750 million NZdollars in the last four years, government debt had increasedsharply due to the effects of the domestic recession, the globalfinancial crisis and costs of the Canterbury earthquakes, Englishsaid. Net government debt had increased from 10 billion NZ dollars in2008, when the center-right National Party-led government came topower, to 50 billion NZ dollars and was forecast to exceed 70billion NZ dollars before the government returned to surplus. Budget forecasts show an operating deficit before gains and lossesof 8.4 billion NZ dollars in 2011-2012, falling to 7.9 billion NZdollars in 2012-2013 and 2 billion NZ dollars in 2013- 2014, beforea projected surplus of 197 million NZ dollars in 2014- 2015. The Budget would also contain net core government debt below 30percent of gross domestic product, with it peaking at an estimated28.7 percent of GDP in 2013-2014. I am an expert from bedroomlightfixture.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Bedroom Light Fixture , Inverter Arc Welder, Bedroom Light Fixture,and more.
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