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Private health insurance - An expanding role in the future of health care?
09 March 2015
By Derek Gill and Michael BealingA report for the Health Funds Association of New Zealand.
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Trans-Tasman relationship close, but could be closer - NZIER Insight 50
25 February 2015
Ahead of the 10th Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum in Auckland this week, a new Insight from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) says our neighbourly relationship with Australia is close but could be closer.
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Quarterly Predictions, March 2015
24 February 2015
Full forecasts are available exclusively to NZIER members.
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Wider economic and social costs of obesity to New Zealand
16 February 2015
By Peter CloughA report for the Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (SUPERU).
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Inflation tanks but not the time to slash interest rates says NZIER Shadow Board
28 January 2015
Despite inflation falling below 1 percent, NZIER’s Monetary Policy Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank leaves the Official Cash Rate at 3.50 percent on Thursday.
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2014 ended on a high note, Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion - January 2015
20 January 2015
The NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO) shows 2014 ended with good cheer. Activity rebounded from a mid-year lull and confidence has stabilised at a historically high level.
QSBO is only available to NZIER members. The full media release can be read here.
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Economy suffering from end-of-year-itis - Consensus Forecasts, December 2014
15 December 2014
Risks to the New Zealand economy have increased, according to the latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts. Economic growth will remain positive, but moderate. The domestic economy will soften, while exports will provide an offsetting boost. Economists do not expect the recent global fears to persist.
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Inflation subdued as economic recovery drags on - Consensus CPI forecasts, December 2014
15 December 2014
This publication is available to NZIER members only.
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Keep rates right where they are says NZIER Shadow Board
10 December 2014
NZIER’s Monetary Policy Shadow Board thinks the Reserve Bank should hold the Official Cash Rate at 3.50 percent on Thursday.
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Mobile industry in New Zealand: Performance and prospects
27 November 2014
By Michael BealingA report for Spark New Zealand.
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Local government finance - a historical perspective
27 November 2014
A report to the Office of the Auditor-General.
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Returning to a more gradual but sustainable pace - Quarterly Predictions, December 2014
25 November 2014
Full forecasts are available exclusively to NZIER members.
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Disruption on the road ahead! NZIER public discussion paper 2014/5
18 November 2014
New transport technologies are transforming how we commute; creating major opportunities and risks to New Zealand’s infrastructure investment says a report just released by NZIER.
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Research impact evaluation
14 November 2014
By Peter CloughA report for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) - New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence.
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Funding the world’s most liveable city: the missing third leg? - NZIER Insight 49
13 November 2014
This Insight explores the role of private capital in funding Auckland’s infrastructure. It concludes that greater effort to attract private capital through the provision of more investor-ready information and a pipeline of investor opportunities could speed up Auckland’s development and deliver improved economic and social outcomes.
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Bespoke residential housing demand and construction innovation
05 November 2014
NZIER report to BRANZ and the Building and Construction Productivity Partnership.
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The power of price - NZIER Insight 48
30 October 2014
This week Auckland Council presented two options for raising additional funding for land transport projects - introducing user-charges to use the motorway network, or increasing rates and fuel taxes. NZIER welcomes the opportunity to publicly debate road pricing.
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Not the time to hike rates says Shadow Board as inflation slows
29 October 2014
NZIER’s Monetary Policy Shadow Board advises the Reserve Bank to leave the Official Cash Rate at 3.50 percent on Thursday – the appetite for interest rate hikes is waning.
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Past the peak - Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, October 2014
07 October 2014
The New Zealand economy is expanding, but the pace has moderated in the last six months according to the NZIER’s Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO).
QSBO is only available to NZIER members. The full media release can be read here.