6 blog posts found
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Taking age into account
Posted: 18 Apr 2017Topic: Consumption, Cost of living, Fiscal policy, Households, Income, National accounts, Older people, Savings, Standard of living, Time series models, WealthAuthor:I sometimes wonder if my two kids, born in the late-1980s, will be part of a generation that won't have the economic resources, income and assets, in their middle age as my generation had. There is... -
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... -
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... -
Are today's young people super savers or splurging spenders?
Posted: 19 Jul 2016Topic: Consumption, Econometric modelling, Households, Income, Older people, Pay, Retirement, Savings, Superannuation, Time series models, YouthAuthor:It's commonplace to worry about the financial habits of today's young people, particularly about whether they save as much as they "should". But we actually have had very little information about 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...