Business & Society

The service sector continued to show a pick-up in expansion with a seasonally adjusted PSI for February at 55.5....
New Crown Entity aiming to increase investment in research to grow more innovative exports should ensure it is focused on business needs....
The service sector showed a pick-up in expansion for the start of 2013, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for January at 52.6....
The service sector continues to see its level of expansion slip lower with a seasonally adjusted PSI for December at 51.5....
The service sector remains in expansion mode, but not at the level as last month. The PSI for November was 54.1....
The BusinessNZ Planning Forecast indicates continued patchy growth in the short term, but with pockets of optimism as the housing market begins to show signs of life and the Christchurch rebuild starts to gain momentum....
The service sector breathed back into life during October. The PSI for September was 57.4....
The service sector fell into technical contraction for the first time since mid-2010, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for September at 49.6....
Official and unofficial data show a subdued New Zealand economy in the BusinessNZ Planning Forecast....
The service sector was in a complete holding pattern in August, with a PSI for August at 50.0....