The Treasury has published two papers today on the subjects of public debt and mental health.

The Working Paper " Public Debt Dynamics in New Zealand" is written by Melissa Piscetek. This paper develops a framework to decompose the change in New Zealand’s public debt ratio into four component effects: the primary balance, real GDP growth, real interest rates, and exchange rates.

The Analytical Paper " Wellbeing and Mental Health: An Analysis Based on the Treasury’s Living Standards Framework" is written by Simon Brown. The research questions addressed in this paper are:

- Which demographic groups have higher rates of low mental health wellbeing?

- Which wellbeing indicators are most closely associated with low mental health wellbeing?

- What is the multidimensional wellbeing profile for users of mental health services and other government services?

- Which people with low wellbeing for mental health are less likely to access mental health prescriptions and referrals?

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