82 blog posts found
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Talkin’ ‘bout a revolution
Posted: 3 Oct 2018Topic: Demographic change, Internal migration, Local government, Research, Social policy, Standard of living, StatisticsAuthor:The New Zealand research community has been the scene of a revolution over recent years. A quiet and sedate revolution, but a revolution nonetheless. The creation of Stats NZ’s IDI (or Integrated... -
The impact of fiscal policy in New Zealand
Posted: 10 Sep 2018Author:Why do governments raise and spend money? One of many reasons is to influence the economy – to increase growth in times of recession, or to cool an economy down when it’s running too hot. But how... -
MEI Special Topic: Alternative proteins, artificial meats and the implications for New Zealand's agricultural sector
Posted: 4 Sep 2018New Zealand's sources of growth have diversified in recent decades. However, agriculture and fishing are still an important source of New Zealand's GDP and export growth, representing around 35.3% of... -
The measurement of New Zealand's productivity and capital
Posted: 14 Aug 2018Topic: Capital, Economic growth, Households, Human capital, International investment, Living standards framework, Natural capital, Performance measurement, Physical/financial capital, Productivity, Social capital, Standard of living, Statistics, Technological changeAuthor:"The magic bus meets the little yellow digger" – reflections on the measurement of New Zealand's productivity and capital Back in 1996 I wrote an internal paper on New Zealand's productivity... -
So you want to be more resilient
Posted: 9 Aug 2018Topic: Biosecurity, Cyber security, Education, Emergency management, Environment, Health, Human capital, Infrastructure, Insurance, Labour force, Living standards framework, Migration, Natural capital, Natural resources, Physical/financial capital, Resilience, Risk management, Skilled workers, Social capital, TradeAuthor:This article is one of a series on the Treasury's Living Standards Framework Get a group of risk practitioners together, and not one of them would contest the statement that we need to be more... -
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... -
MEI Special Topic: Adjusting for level shifts in labour market data
Posted: 30 Aug 2017Topic: Employment, Households, Labour force, Productivity, Statistics, Time series models, UnemploymentThis Special Topic uses estimates to re-estimate recent trends in employment growth, hours worked and labour productivity (GDP per hour worked). Statistics New Zealand updated the design of the... -
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... -
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... -
A snapshot of Government-owned commercial entity AsureQuality
Posted: 30 May 2017Author:This article provides a high level overview of AsureQuality (AQ), a 100% government owned entity specialising in food safety and biosecurity services to the food and primary production sectors. The...