Surveys & Statistics

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....
August saw a mix of results that kept manufacturing in expansionary mode, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for August at 52.9....
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....
The service sector continues to roll into higher levels of expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for June at 54.7....
Activity in the manufacturing sector for June saw an ongoing and steady level of expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for June at 54.3....
The service sector continued to show improvement in expansion during May, although at a slow pace, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for May at 52.8....
The month of May saw the manufacturing sector continue its march towards stronger expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for May at 54.7....
The service sector improved its level of expansion for April, although the devil is in the detail, with a seasonally adjusted PSI for April at 52.6....