NZIER's QSBO shows improved sentiment while actual activity remains soft, Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion - January 2025

The latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion  shows increased business confidence in the final quarter of 2024. A net 9 percent of firms expect an improvement in general economic conditions over the coming months on a seasonally adjusted basis. This contrasts with the net 4 percent of firms that had felt downbeat about the general economic outlook in the previous quarter.