KiwiSaver has $110 billion in assets and over three million members. Contribution rates rise from April. Read more
When a story recently emerged about the government getting advice on carless days under the Petroleum Demand Restraint Act, older New Zealanders will have felt a warm flush of nostalgia. The 1979 restrictions brought coloured windscreen stickers announcing the weekday car owners had promised not to drive. Read more
Recently, during a select committee hearing on an infrastructure funding amendment bill, an MP asked for examples of infrastructure financed without government borrowing. “Sure,” our chief economist Eric Crampton replied. Read more
Too many of the world’s urban planners grew up playing the city-planning game SimCity. You may have played it too. Read more
| GDP Quarterly Change: | 0.41% |
|---|---|
| GDP Annual Change: | 0.61% |
| Inflation: | 2.73% |
| Optimal OCR: | 2.00% |
| Optimal OCR Gap: | -0.50% |
| Forecasted OCR Change: | 0.00% |