New Research by Sense Partners into increasing costs show that while the price of goods and services have increased across the board, inflated profits are not the driving force in New Zealand. The report released today: Greedflation in New Zealand? An imported narrative was commissioned by BusinessNZ. Director of Advocacy...
Export New Zealand celebrates the Government’s announcement that a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom will soon come into force, on 31 May. ExportNZ Senior Policy Advisor Josh Tan calls the NZ-UK FTA “A comprehensive and modern Free Trade Agreement that will deepen the NZ-UK economic relationship”. “This...
The latest BusinessNZ Planning Forecast shows New Zealand’s economy continues to face pressure from within and further abroad, increasing chances of recession. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope says some of these pressures are beyond our control, “including the impact of recent flooding which resulted in significant damage and personal loss...
The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) says investigating answers to the dry year problem is important, but options must consider solutions for both short and long-term energy issues. “With the world moving to decentralised options, and with extreme weather events highlighting risk, it is important the Government considers options that are...
The latest BusinessNZ Planning Forecast reveals that while things might look favourable at first, there are several factors which are still cause for economic concern. Both Treasury and the Reserve Bank have predicted the economy will go into a shallow recession by the second half of next year. BusinessNZ’s forecast...