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MEI Special Topic: Treasury forecast accuracy
Posted: 25 Jan 2019Topic: Economic conditions, Economic forecasting, Economic growth, Economic indicators, Fiscal policy, Inflation, Public financeThe Treasury regularly carries out an assessment of the accuracy of our biannual forecasts: the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update (BEFU) and the Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU). These... -
Wellbeing, economics and the long view - reflections on recent work at the OECD
Posted: 6 Aug 2018Topic: Economic conditions, Economics, Globalisation, Labour force, Living standards framework, Organisations, Performance measurement, Productivity, Standard of living, Technological change, Trade, WellbeingAuthor:The Treasury has a small off-shore presence to provide a New Zealand voice in global economic fora and to keep an eye on emerging trends overseas. In this edition of Staff Insights our OECD Economic... -
Why does the world care about New Zealand? Lessons from the OECD
Posted: 16 Jun 2017Topic: Economic conditions, Emissions, Infrastructure, International investment, Organisations, Productivity, Technological change, Tertiary education, UnemploymentAuthor:“Coming from a country that has just recovered from a volatile housing market, I want to offer some suggestions for New Zealand...” We sat in an underground conference room, past two security... -
MEI Special Topic: Illustrating Forecast Uncertainty
Posted: 2 May 2017Topic: Budget, Economic conditions, Economic forecasting, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Interest rates, UnemploymentThe Treasury publishes economic forecasts at least twice during the year. These forecasts are communicated as a central track which represents our view of the most likely path the economy will take... -
MEI Special Topic: March 2017 Business Talks
Posted: 4 Apr 2017Topic: Competition (business), Consumption, Economic conditions, Industry, Investment, Labour force, Pay, Prices, Primary industry, Regional development, Service industriesIn the second week of March, Treasury officials met with around 20 businesses in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to discuss the outlook for the economy. The information gathered will be used to... -
New Zealand on top of the world for ease of doing business
Posted: 15 Mar 2017Author:New Zealand always ranks highly in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business report. This year, we have come out first. What has brought about this change? Have we still got room for improvement?... -
How to get an export take-off?
Posted: 21 Sep 2016Topic: Capital, Consumption, Economic conditions, Economic growth, Economic integration, Exports, Fiscal policy, Foreign exchange, International investment, Macroeconomics, Monetary policy, Productivity, Savings, Technological change, TradeAuthor:The New Zealand Government is targeting an increase in the ratio of real exports to GDP to 40 percent by 2025. To shed some light on what drives these transitions we looked at episodes to...