Country Report
New Zealand prior to the crisis seems to have developed a social convention where the government does the saving, leaving spending to households and firms (making New Zealand the exact opposite of Japan in this regard).
Economic Report Dutch version
On Friday, 11 March, 2011, Japan was struck by a historically severe earthquake, a devastating tsunami, and a nuclear crisis that is yet unresolved.The impact on the lives of those affected is foremost in our minds, dwarfing the huge economic impact, the magnitude of which we attempt to estimate in this Special Report.