Fast-forwarding technology to address climate change - NZIER Insight 100
March 3, 2022
New Zealand has committed to reducing carbon emissions and working with other countries to avert the worst impacts of climate change. How the country intends to do this is not clear. Read more
Under-served learners: The economic and wellbeing benefits of improving education outcomes
March 1, 2022
A report for Up Education. Read more
Shadow Board calls for substantial tightening over the coming year
February 21, 2022
The Shadow Board is calling for a sharp increase in the official cash rate (OCR) over the coming year in the face of intensifying inflation pressures. Read more
NZIER Consensus Forecasts show weaker near-term outlook
December 13, 2021
The latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts show a downward revision to the near-term outlook for the New Zealand economy. This largely reflects the expected impact of restrictions to contain the latest COVID-19 community outbreak, which turned out to persist for longer than initially expect … Read more
Digital trade is the way forward for New Zealand
December 13, 2021
The introduction of digital trade initiatives as developed by providers such as TradeWindow will have major benefits for New Zealand supply chains. “The NZIER show that the benefits are between $9 and $18 billion over 10 years for those involved in New Zealand export supply chains if … Read more
2021 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister
November 24, 2021
Today the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research Incorporated (NZIER) has released its 2021 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister. Read more
Intense inflation pressures drive calls for higher interest rates
November 22, 2021
The Shadow Board is overwhelmingly calling for a tightening in monetary policy, primarily through higher interest rates. However, this view was not unanimous, with Shadow Board members in the business community who were more cautious about further tightening at the upcoming meeting. T … Read more
Declining maths scores is a problem for the New Zealand economy - NZIER Insight 98 & 99
November 16, 2021
New Zealand’s school maths scores are declining. A solution put forward the Royal Society expert panel commissioned to investigate our poor maths performance is an increase in specialist maths skills in the teaching profession. Although the education sector could increase teacher skil … Read more