Global and domestic shortages of labour and inputs continue to drive up producers’ prices, but there is some evidence of inflation cooling down.
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March 2022 inflation results officially show what we already knew. Prices of necessities like food, housing and transport all increased, putting households under pressure
We take a look at how New Zealand was back in the 1950s, when BERL was founded. We explore the differences in our economy, population and culture at that time.
With the borders opened for citizens and residents young professionals will look elsewhere for better employment opportunities, as wages are stagnant at home.
Despite a small improvement in 2021, the average household in the lowest income group paid a staggering 41 percent of its disposable income on housing.
High productivity growth can lift living standards greatly, but New Zealand’s record has been poor for decades. Will this begin to improve anytime soon?
The labour market is under stress, growing demand for labour combined with closed borders puts pressure on wages, but inflation is putting pressure on workers.
Over the past decade, our exports to China have more than doubled and trade with Australia has fallen. We take a look at some of the trends shaping our export revenue.
In the year to September 2021, a massive 47,330 residential building consents were issued. We look at how well actual building activity is keeping up with this demand
GDP has been bouncing up and down in recent quarters, and it has fallen in the latest quarter. But the key question is what will happen in the first half of 2022.
StatsNZ has released as an experimental series, an annual population count developed entirely from administrative data sources. Let’s see what can be done with it.
New Zealand is a nation dependent on international migration for significant population growth. But, with borders closed, what happened to population growth in 2021?
The latest government accounts are a reflection of our quick recovery from the first lockdown. But the current domestic and global situation casts a shadow.
A prominent UK economist has recently argued that the UK should cut the number of graduates in half. This article examines whether the same argument applies to NZ.
After holding fire in the August 2021 Monetary Policy Statement, the Reserve Bank has increased the OCR for the first time in seven years as inflationary pressures mount.
GDP growth rates have been erratic because of the stop-go effects of lockdowns, but the economy is in reasonable shape to cope with the latest episode.
