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The Euromarkets And The New Zealand Government In The 1960s

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The rapid development of the Euromarkets and the more gradual opening of the West German and other capital markets to external borrowers were significant events in the reglobalisation of financial markets beginning in the 1960s. Finding it increasingly difficult to borrow in the domestic British and US capital markets, the New Zealand government sought to take advantage of the Euromarkets. As well as providing an antipodean perspective on the early Euromarkets, this paper comments on developments in the City of London in the 1960s, and outlines the process by which a relatively inexperienced borrower set about building a communicating infrastructure that enabled relationships to be forged with overseas financial institutions.

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  • John Singleton, 2009. "The Euromarkets And The New Zealand Government In The 1960s," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 49(3), pages 252-275, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:ozechr:v:49:y:2009:i:3:p:252-275
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2009.00265.x
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