Working paper

Does Consumer Confidence Forecast Consumption Expenditure in New Zealand? (WP 03/22)

Issue date:

Monday, 1 September 2003

Status:

Current

Author:

View point:

Personal (opinion)

Publication category:

Research and commentary

JEL classification:

E21 - Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth

E27 - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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Does Consumer Confidence Forecast Consumption Expenditure in New Zealand? (WP 03/22)

This paper examines the ability of consumer confidence to forecast consumption expenditure in New Zealand.

Does Consumer Confidence Forecast Consumption Expenditure in New Zealand?

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Richard Downing, Iris Claus, Tim Hampton, Satish Ranchhod and John Creedy for useful discussions and comments.

Disclaimer

The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the New Zealand Treasury. The paper is presented not as policy, but with a view to inform and stimulate wider debate.

Does Consumer Confidence Forecast Consumption Expenditure in New Zealand?

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Subjects of New Zealand:

Consumption, Economic forecasting

Last updated:

Wednesday, 24 October 2007