TOPIC GUIDE : THE NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY

• Statistics New Zealand
  • New Zealand Official Yearbook / Statistics New Zealand S2/NZ STAy (also latest ed at Short Loan Collection) - a good place to start if you want a very broad overview of the economy. Check Chapter 17 ‘National Economy’.
  • Economic Indicators [Statistics NZ website]
    • Dec 2007 Economic Development Indicators 2007 released. See also Summary Report - a joint publication from the Ministry of Economic Development, The Treasury and Statistics New Zealand
• Parliament
  • New Zealand Parliamentary Business includes Select Committee reports, and AJHR annual reports
  • Monthly economic review a monthly research paper prepared by the Parliamentary Library
• Growth and innovation 'The Government's Growth and Innovation Framework (GIF) is designed to deliver the long-term sustainable growth necessary to improve the quality of life of all New Zealanders'.
  • Includes Growth through innovation: Economic development indicators 2005 a joint MED and Treasury report
• Ministry of Economic Development under the NZ Economic Development tab are a number of useful publications.

Commentary - New Zealand

• Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL) most information is subscription only but there are some media releases
  • BERL Forecasts [Library ejournal and in print Statistics Level M S2/NZ ECOb]
  • BERL Monthly Monitor [Library ejournal and in print Statistics Level M S2/NZ ECObm]
    
• Business New Zealand commentaries plus the ANZ Business NZ PMI (Performance of Manufacturing Index)
• Business Monitor Online [Library database] covers political, risk, financial market and business environment analysis data and includes quarterly forecasts
• Council of Trade Unions CTU economic bulletin  monthly comment
• Covec an Auckland based applied economics practice. View the organisation's project reports, with economic analysis of topical issues
• Gareth Morgan Investments includes public articles and media interviews
• Infometrics comment from Gareth Morgan and Andrew Gawith. Use the Free lunch column on the left side of the screen for free information
• Motu Economic and public policy research. It includes the full text of working papers covering such topics as climate change policy, income distribution, land tax, house price efficiency, child poverty
• New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development promotes "eco-efficient, innovative and responsible entrepreneurship. Participates in policy development that allows business to contribute effectively to sustainable development". See Council projects and Economic Incentives for Sustainable Development
• New Zealand Business Roundtable includes policy backgrounders, reports, submissions, and publications as pdf files
• New Zealand Institute 'Privately funded think-tank' established July 2004. Looks at economic competitiveness, wealth and asset ownership. View their Global NZ Economy material
• NZIER
  • Consensus forecasts
    'Short term forecasts of the New Zealand economy by averaging forecasts produced by a variety of organisations, including NZIER. Because forecasts are averaged across contributors, they provide a useful benchmark. Variables covered include economic growth, prices and interest rates.'
  • New Zealand industries and regions [Library ejournal and in print NZ&P 339.395 Q1a]
    Previously called New Zealand Industry Outlook, this publication is a supplement to Quarterly predictions. Sectors commented on are: agriculture, fishing, forestry & logging, textiles & apparel manufacturing, mining & quarrying, food, beverages & tobacco, wood & wood products, pulp & paper products, chemicals, non-metallic minerals, basic metals, machinery & other manufacturing, electricity, gas & water, construction, trade & accommodation, transport & storage, communications, finance, property & business services, central & local government services, and health & education services. Sectors tend to be looked at in terms of past trends, current issues and future prospects and risks. Includes graphs and tables.
  • Quarterly predictions [Library ejournal and in print NZ&P 339.395 Q1]
    Contents include an overview , business outlook, the domestic and external picture, and background including government, monetary, international. Tables and graphs are included and there is also a good statistical appendix.
  • Update NZP 339.395 U66.
    Updates changes that occur between the publication of Quarterly predictions.
  • Quarterly survey of business opinion [Library ejournal and in print NZ&P 658.05 B97]
    Data is based on a sample survey of over 1000 businesses with respondents reporting on their past 3 months and what they expect of the next 3 months. Contents cover an overview, economy wide, architects, manufacturers, building industry, merchants, services, and Australia. The questionnaire and responses are given in the Appendices. Data for the past 10 years is graphed
• New Zealand Trade Liberalisation Network not a commentary site on the economy as such but focuses specifically on trade and includes speeches and submissions