The Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PEFU) provides an update of the Government’s financial position and the changes in the economic parameters since the publishing of the 2014/15 Budget Policy Statement and the 2013/14 Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update (published in December 2013).
Section 17 of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Act 1995/96 requires that the Minister of Finance publish a report containing an economic and fiscal update within fourteen days of the appointment of a polling date in relation to a general election.
The PEFU is available to all members of the public.
