Economy & Tax

BusinessNZ has released its manifesto for the 2011 General Election....
National’s economic development action plan released today answers some questions about the framework behind current initiatives and new policies, says BusinessNZ....
A drop in expansion meant the service sector only just managed to keep on the positive side, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for October at 50.6....
Labour’s superannuation policy would backfire on workers, says BusinessNZ....
The Deloitte-BusinessNZ Election Conference is the political event for business and the economy....
Employers are unlikely to be cheering the Government’s decision to go ahead with auto-enrolment in KiwiSaver, says BusinessNZ....
The service sector remains within a very tight band of expansion that has now continued for three months, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for September at 53.2....
Despite another dip in expansion, manufacturing activity managed to keep its head above water, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for September at 50.8....
Continuing healthy levels of new business/orders and activity/sales kept the service sector in expansion for August, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for August at 53.9....
Slowing down the implementation of New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme would be a good move, says BusinessNZ....