Benchmarking

Manufacturing activity continued to show healthy levels of expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for March at 54.5....
A slowly stabilising global economy and positive levels of activity in New Zealand agricultural exports indicate slightly better economic prospects, according to the BusinessNZ Planning Forecast for the March quarter 2012....
The service sector showed further momentum with a healthy February result, with the seasonally adjusted PSI for February at 55.5....
Manufacturing activity experienced a sizeable lift in activity for February, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for February was 57.7....
The service sector showed stronger expansion to start the year, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for January at 53.6....
Manufacturing activity remained in expansion but clear division lines are drawn,with a seasonally adjusted PMI for January at 50.5....
The service sector returned to a more subdued level of expansion in December, with the seasonally adjusted PSI for December at 50.6....
Manufacturing activity improved enough over December to be back in positive territory, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for December at 51.9....
The service sector recovered from a previous lacklustre result to record its highest level of expansion for 20 months, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for November at 56.6....
Manufacturing activity fell further into contraction during November, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for November at 45.7....