Economy & Tax

Overall activity in the service sector for the first month of 2011 displayed a fairly lacklustre beginning, while the newly established Combined Index shows a similar pattern to the end of 2010. The seasonally adjusted PSI for January was 50.8....
Manufacturing activity in January 2011 shows a positive start to the year with the fourth consecutive month in expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for January at 53.7....
There are many recommendations by the Savings Working Group that should be seriously considered, according to BusinessNZ....
A focus on investment in the Prime Minister’s state of the nation speech has been welcomed by BusinessNZ....
Overall activity in the service sector for the last month of 2010 ended up being a repeat of 2009, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for December at 52.5....
Manufacturing activity in 2010 ended on a solid note, with its third consecutive month in expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for December at 53.1....
Activity in the service sector is exhibiting little Christmas cheer, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for November at 51.4....
November finally saw manufacturing turn the corner with modest expansion in all regions and in all the indices measured, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for November at 52.7....
The deterioration in the Government’s accounts because of low economic growth and some one-off problems is not surprising, says BusinessNZ....
The Review of Retirement Income Policy contains a lot of clear thinking and straight talking, says BusinessNZ....