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NZIER Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank keep the OCR at 5.50 percent in July

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (Inc) Media Release, 10 am Monday, 8 July 2024 Read more

How congruent is Budget 24 with New Zealand’s climate commitments? NZIER Insight 113

As part of its Public Good Programme, NZIER has released its second annual climate budget assessment. Read more

NZIER Consensus Forecasts point to a deteriorated growth outlook for the coming year

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Fit for purpose: Teachers’ own learning experiences and lessons about standardisation from the health sector - NZIER Insight 112

In this Insight, we analyse anonymised NCEA data linked to later employment for the recent cohort of primary teachers to better understand what might be driving secondary students’ falling performance in maths and science. Our results show that one in four new primary teachers failed … Read more

Shadow Board sees no change in the OCR in May is warranted

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (Inc) Media Release, 10 am Monday, 20 May 2024 For immediate release Read more

Shadow Board overwhelmingly in favour of keeping the OCR on hold in April 

The NZIER Monetary Policy Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.50 percent in the upcoming Monetary Policy Review on 10 April 2024. Shadow Board members agreed that inflation was easing, but there was uncertainty over whe … Read more

Monetary and fiscal policy frameworks - the return of inflation

A presentation by Dennis Wesselbaum, recipient of the 2023 NZIER Early Career Economics Leader Award. Read more

NZIER Consensus Forecasts show weak growth for the year ending March 2025

The latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts show a downward revision to the growth for the coming year. Annual average GDP growth for the year ending March 2024 has been revised down to 0.5 percent and remains weak at 0.8 percent for the year ending March 2025. Read more

Housing availability and affordability - NZIER Insight 111

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Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank should keep the OCR on hold in February

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (Inc) Media Release, 10 am Monday, 26 February 2024 Read more

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