8 blog posts found
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MEI Special Topic: New Zealand's Increasing Export Concentration
Posted: 6 Aug 2019Author:Real average growth in goods and services exports declined from 4.1% p.a. over the 1998-2008 period to 2.4% in the subsequent decade. Unprocessed primary products have grown at the fastest pace over... -
MEI Special Topic: New Zealand's goods and services trade flows
Posted: 3 Jul 2017Treasury Staff Insights: Rangitaki article by the Forecasting team This Special Topic provides an overview of New Zealand's trade composition and discusses some of the implications for the... -
New Zealand Export Credit Office: Recent mandate and products changes
Posted: 28 Mar 2017This article explains the role of the New Zealand Export Credit Office (NZECO) and sets out the recent changes to NZECO’s mandate and products. Earlier last year, following a review by the Treasury... -
MEI Special Topic: Key Judgements for the Economic Outlook
Posted: 1 Nov 2016Topic: Budget, Construction, Consumption, Economic forecasting, Economic growth, Economic indicators, Employment, Exports, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Interest rates, Migration, Monetary policy, National accounts, Productivity, Statistics, Tourism, TradeOver the first half of 2016 the economy grew at a faster pace than was expected in the Budget Economic and Fiscal Update (the Budget Update), as did tax revenue. Forward indicators suggest this... -
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... -
MEI Special Topic: Implications of Brexit for the New Zealand economy
Posted: 5 Jul 2016Topic: Banks, Central banks, Economic forecasting, Economic growth, Economic impact, Exports, Financial markets, Foreign exchange, Globalisation, Government securities, International agreements, Migration, Monetary policy, Monetary unions, Primary industry, Protectionism, Service industries, Tourism, TradeOn 23 June, the UK voted 52% to 48% in a referendum to leave the EU ("Brexit"). Although the referendum was regarded as binding, it will require parliamentary approval to activate Article 50 of the... -
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... -
Chinese-New Zealand investment flows
Posted: 4 May 2016Topic: Assets, Banks, Capital, Capital movements, Economic integration, Exports, Financial markets, International finance, International investment, Investment, ProtectionismAuthor:Modelling an illustrative scenario of Chinese capital market liberalisation suggests Chinese-NZ investment flows will increase significantly over the next few decades and most of the increase in...