The 2026 election campaign has not got off to a good start for business – or for the country. National, Labour, the Greens and New Zealand First have each made dangerous promises to intervene in private commercial arrangements. Read more
To the leaders of New Zealand’s political parties New Zealand needs investment from both here and overseas to build businesses and create jobs. Investors need confidence that the law will protect what they own and the agreements they make. Read more
Two thousand years ago, according to St Luke, Emperor Augustus decreed that all the world should be registered. A carpenter and his pregnant wife walked from Nazareth to Bethlehem to comply. Read more
Our Executive Director Dr Oliver Hartwich joined Ryan Bridge on Ryan Bridge TODAY to discuss the open letter signed by 50 business leaders. It opposes a run of election-year policies from splitting up supermarket chains and threatening to nationalise banks, to rewriting signed mining and retirement village contracts. Read more
| GDP Quarterly Change: | 0.72% |
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| GDP Annual Change: | 1.96% |
| Inflation: | 3.94% |
| Optimal OCR: | 2.57% |
| Optimal OCR Gap: | 0.07% |
| Forecasted OCR Change: | 0.25% |
