15 blog posts found
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MEI Special Topic: How a ‘no deal Brexit’ might affect New Zealand
Posted: 8 Mar 2019The United Kingdom parliament continues to debate the terms of the UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) (the departure is called ‘Brexit’). One possibility is that the UK leaves without a... -
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?... -
MEI Special Topic: Why has the current account deficit remained moderate?
Posted: 6 Sep 2016Topic: Balance of payments, Capital movements, Economic forecasting, Government securities, International finance, International investment, Investment, National accounts, SavingsThe average size of deficits recorded in the current account of the balance of payments has been relatively low in recent years. During the same period New Zealand's net external liability... -
Economic impacts of foreign direct investment
Posted: 16 Aug 2016Topic: Capital, Capital movements, Economic growth, Income, Innovation, International finance, International investment, Investment, National accounts, Productivity, Risk management, Savings, Skilled workersAuthor:In October 2015 the Government published a report, International Investment for Growth, which sets out the benefits of foreign investment for New Zealand. The analysis in this article informed... -
Dividends from Mighty River Power, Meridian Energy and Genesis Energy: part 3 of 3
Posted: 16 Jun 2016Topic: Electricity, Financial markets, Government shareholding, Investment, Risk management, Shares, State owned enterprises, TaxationAuthor:In my previous article on Air New Zealand, I mentioned the concept of risk as being important when considering returns. Risk is also relevant to the discussion about the dividends from the... -
Dividends from Mighty River Power, Meridian Energy and Genesis Energy: part 2 of 3
Posted: 15 Jun 2016Topic: Capital, Electricity, Financial markets, Government shareholding, Industry, Investment, Prices, Risk management, Shares, State owned enterprises, TaxationAuthor:In part 1, I showed that the dividends from the three electricity companies had significantly increased around the time that 49% of their shares were sold to investors, and the companies were listed... -
Dividends from Mighty River Power, Meridian Energy and Genesis Energy: part 1 of 3
Posted: 14 Jun 2016Topic: Capital, Electricity, Financial markets, Government shareholding, Industry, Investment, Shares, State owned enterprisesAuthor:There was some public discussion earlier this year of dividends from the majority government-owned electricity companies Mighty River Power, Meridian Energy and Genesis Energy. In this article I will... -
Outlook for the Dairy Sector
Posted: 7 Jun 2016Topic: Agriculture, Budget, Business cycles, Consumption, Economic forecasting, Economic growth, Exports, Investment, Prices, Primary industry, Productivity, Protectionism, Taxation, TradeThis Staff Insight article outlines the Treasury's current understanding of global dairy supply and demand and their implications for the outlook for dairy prices. The article also presents some... -
Competition and KiwiSaver: part 2 of 2
Posted: 1 Jun 2016Topic: Competition (business), Consumer protection, Financial markets, Government regulation, Investment, Pensions, Retirement, Savings, SuperannuationAuthor:The Treasury recently took an in-depth look at the market dynamics for KiwiSaver funds. In Part 2 of this two part article, we discuss possible explanations for the results of our analysis. The...