Economy & Tax

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....
August saw a mix of results that kept manufacturing in expansionary mode, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for August at 52.9....
A static performance is not enough when our competitors are accelerating, says BusinessNZ....
The service sector experienced a solid if unspectacular result halfway through 2011, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for July at 54.5....
July saw ongoing durability in New Zealand’s manufacturing sector, partly aided by our trans-Tasman cousins, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for July at 53.2....